remount

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman remunter, Middle French remonter, later also reinforced by re- +‎ mount.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɹiːˈmaʊnt/
• Rhymes: -aʊnt

Verb

remount (third-person singular simple present remounts, present participle remounting, simple past and past participle remounted)

1. (intransitive) To go up again; to rise another time. [from 15th c.]
   • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

     They remounted together to their sitting-room while Sir Claude, who said he would join them later, remained below to smoke and to converse with the old acquaintances that he met wherever he turned.

2. (transitive) To help (someone) back on a horse. [from 15th c.]
3. (transitive) To ascend (something) again. [from 17th c.]
4. (transitive) To fix (something) back into position. [from 17th c.]

Noun

remount (plural remounts)

1. The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount.

Anagrams

• mounter