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remount

[ verb ree-mount; noun ree-mount, ree-mount ]

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to mount again; reascend.


noun

  1. a fresh horse or supply of fresh horses.

remount

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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Other Words From

  • unre·mounted adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of remount1

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

The company also showed an unexpected serious side, remounting its production of Puccini’s “Madame Butterfly” sung in English and Japanese.

Spoken in the weirdly accented English of this production, which originated in London and has been remounted for Broadway with key cast changes and Netflix as a producer, “krysha” sounds confusingly like “creature.”

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

From BBC

Pork Filled Productions’ staging, directed by Zenaida R. Smith, will be the Pacific Northwest premiere of “Bloodletting,” which premiered at Playwrights’ Arena in Los Angeles in 2016 and was later remounted by Center Theatre Group.

According to conventional art-conservator wisdom, a hanging scroll should be remounted once a century or so, requiring the whole piece to be disassembled and reassembled — a risky process.

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