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    [Noun]  | "mount" | \ ˈmau̇nt \


    1: a high hill : mountain —used especially before an identifying name

    2: earthwork

    3: mound


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English munt, mont, mount, in part going back to Old English munt, borrowed from Latin mont-, mons; in part borrowed from Anglo-French munt, mount (continental Old French mon, mont), going back to Latin mont-, mons "mountain, hill, towering heap, pile," derivative, with the suffix *-ti-, of Indo-European *mon- "elevation, height," whence also, from a base *monii̯o-, Welsh mynydd "mountain," Old Cornish menit (Cornish meneth), Old Breton monid (Breton menez);

      * Note : Also cited as comparable forms are Avestan maiti- "mountain" (hapax legomenon—see: C. Bartholomae, Altiranisches Wörterbuch, 1112-13) and Old Icelandic mønir "ridge of a roof." The etymon *mon- is usually taken to be o-grade ablaut of the verbal base *men- (or *min-) see:n in Latin minae "threats" and ēminēre "to stick out, protrude" (see: {minatory|minatory}, {mouth:1|mouth:1}).;

    [Noun]  | "mount" 


    1: an act or instance of mounting; specifically : an opportunity to ride a horse in a race

    2: frame, support: such as

    3: the material (such as cardboard) on which a picture is mounted


    Origin: 15th century ;

     Derivative of {see: |mount:2|mount:2};

    [Verb]  | "mount" 


    1: rise, ascend

    2: to increase in amount or extent

    3: to get up on something above the level of the ground; especially : to seat oneself (as on a horse) for riding


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English mounten, monten "to rise up, ascend, get up onto (a horse), add up (to)," borrowed from Anglo-French monter, munter (transitive) "to climb (something), get up onto (a horse), add up to, set up, prepare," (intransitive) "to go upward, get on horseback, go up in the world, rise in intensity" (also continental Old & Middle French), going back to Vulgar Latin *montāre, derivative of Latin mont-, mons "mountain, hill" {mat|mount:1|mount:1};

    [Geographical name]  | "Mount De*sert Island" | \ də-ˈzərt \


    1: island of southern Maine in the Atlantic area 100 square miles (260 square kilometers)

    [Geographical name]  | "Mount Hope Bay" 


    1: a northeastern arm of Narragansett Bay between Massachusetts and Rhode Island and crossed by Mount Hope Bridge, which is 1200 feet (366 meters) long and opened in 1929

    [Geographical name]  | "Mount Pleasant" 


    1: city in central Michigan northwest of Saginaw population 26,016

    2: town on the Atlantic in southeastern South Carolina population 67,843

    3: town in southeastern Wisconsin population 26,197

    [Geographical name]  | "Mount Pros*pect" | \ ˈprä-ˌspekt \


    1: village northwest of Chicago in northeastern Illinois population 54,167

    [Geographical name]  | "Mount Rainier National Park" 


    [Geographical name]  | "Mount Rev*el*stoke National Park" | \ ˈre-vəl-ˌstōk \


    1: area of varied landscapes in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, including Mount Revelstoke, which is over 7000 feet (2130 meters) high

    [Geographical name]  | "Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument" 


    [Verb]  | "mount" 


    1: to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number;


      * e.g., " ... medical expenses began to mount "





    2: to bring before the public in performance or exhibition;


      * e.g., " ... the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera "





    3: to move or extend upward;


      * e.g., " ... the cable car continues to mount to ever higher terrain until the moment when the entire valley comes into view "



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    [Noun]  | "mount" 


    1: an elevation of land higher than a hill;


      * e.g., " ... Mount Everest "



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    [Noun]  | "mount" 


    1: a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else;


      * e.g., " ... hammered together a mount for the cameras "



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