mounten
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman mounter, munter (“to mount”), from Vulgar Latin *montō; equivalent to mount + -en.
Pronunciation
Verb
mounten
- To go, travel or rise upwards; to begin ascension.
- To climb atop a mount; to bestride or begin to ride.
- (rare) To raise or elevate; to lift up or advocate
- (rare) To thrive; to grow or become greater in number.
- (rare, Late Middle English) To amount to; to be of a certain value.
Conjugation
Conjugation of mounten (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
- “mǒunten (v.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-08.
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