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remount

American  
[ree-mount, ree-mount, ree-mount] / riˈmaʊnt, ˈriˌmaʊnt, riˈmaʊnt /

verb (used with or without object)

  • remounts,
    present (3rd person singular)
  • remounted,
    past participle,  past
  • remounting
    present participle
  1. to mount again; reascend.


noun

  1. a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.

remount British  

verb

  1. to get on (a horse, bicycle, etc) again

  2. (tr) to mount (a picture, jewel, exhibit, etc) again

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a fresh horse, esp (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of remount

1325–75; Middle English remounten < Old French remonter. See re-, mount 1

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Try to remount a 16th-century Korean painting with her best 21st-century guess of what its original mounting would’ve looked like — and risk erasing a troubled history?

From Seattle Times Sep. 22, 2023

Following the well-received debut of the duo’s “Playboy,” the Abbey staged a remount that triggered litigation over copyright issues, later settled.

From Washington Post Nov. 5, 2022

Neither man nor dog were directly attacked, and the two were able to remount the board unharmed and paddle safely back to shore, according to a news release from the city of Pacific Grove.

From Washington Times Aug. 11, 2022

But most of them happened to be available when the Actors’ Gang decided to remount “Can’t Pay? Don’t Pay!” as its first post-pandemic, in-person production.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2022

I stepped toward the mare and caught her reins as though to remount.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

He remounts, gets a push down the road and pedals his way back towards the bunch.

From The Guardian Jul. 8, 2021

At Hunter College, where Rossellini is pursuing a master’s degree in animal behavior and conservation, she remounts this show, which explores the bond between humans and animals.

From New York Times Apr. 11, 2019

Don Carlo LA Opera remounts the company’s 2006 staging of Verdi’s tale of romance and intrigue in the Spanish court, with tenor Ramón Vargas in the title role; in Italian with English supertitles.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2018

“Neverwhere” Rorschach Theatre remounts Robert Kauzlaric’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s fantasy adventure set below the streets of London.

From Washington Post Aug. 29, 2017

"We'll want horses. Swift and strong. The fighting will make remounts hard to come by. A goodly supply of gold will also be needed, for those gifts we spoke of earlier."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

They remounted it under instructions from their SBU handlers.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 10, 2025

She projects her own experience into the remounted show to create something that looks similar to Charles’ dark vision but is just different enough to be her own.

From Salon Mar. 12, 2025

In the spring, Dudamel remounted the remarkable L.A.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 5, 2024

Councillor Cook, who represents Twyford, said she collected the old sign from the council's maintenance department and had it remounted.

From BBC Nov. 18, 2023

Most of the dismounted Long Knives fired again; then all of them remounted.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

The fixes include remounting hand controls to avoid excessive vibration and a redesign of seat mountings and cushions.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2023

Long before the role came along, Bettany had been a fan of both artists and visited a remounting of their collaboration at the Whitney in 2019.

From Seattle Times Dec. 21, 2022

It’s full of vitality, and for Ms. Rainer, the experience of remounting it has been both intense and gratifying; she loves working with Ms. Coates.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2019

And the lavish revival of Lerner and Loewe’s 1956 masterwork gets strong competition for this distinction from yet another gorgeously sung remounting on Broadway of a musical from the past: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Carousel.”

From Washington Post Apr. 19, 2018

This time only a few fired at the warriors before remounting.

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III

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