dismount
verb (used without object)
to get off or alight from a horse, bicycle, etc.
has dismounted
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present perfectof dismount (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They claim that its gun has dismounted the Prussian batteries on the terrace of Meudon, and that it successfully engaged several field batteries which fired upon it from the Park of St. Cloud.
From Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere
Naturally Captain Cross and the two soldiers follow with their eyes; the third infantryman has dismounted, and is readjusting the girths of his saddle.
From Trumpeter Fred A Story of the Plains by Charles King
"Forrest has dismounted several hundred of his men, and they are creeping forward from tree to tree with their rifles, while the others hold their horses in the rear."
From The Rock of Chickamauga A Story of the Western Crisis by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
He has dismounted, thought my fellow-sufferers, or he may have leaped wide of the hoop.
From Norse Tales and Sketches by Alexander Lange Kielland
"It is the Royal Scribe of the Emperor, who rides in his procession, and has dismounted to pay us a visit!"
From Si'Wren of the Patriarchs by Roland Jon Cheney
