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remount

American  
[ree-maunt, ree-maunt, ree-maunt] / 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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He got up pretty fast, and there was actually a moment when Pogacar’s team thought he would remount his bike and rejoin the race.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

Could I remount the river of my years To the first fountain of our smiles and tears I would not trace again its stream of hours Between its outworn banks of withered flowers.

From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2021

“Because your father thinks you’ll be safer on a gelding, and so do I. Now remount and let me see a collected canter.”

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks

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

Then, just as everyone else is growing more chatty and carefree, the princess abruptly remounts her high horse and upbraids a hapless guest for overfamiliarity.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 23, 2017

“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

The Iowa company remounts refurbished ambulance boxes on new base frames.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 12, 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

Presented off-Broadway in 2015, the Pulitzer Prize finalist has been remounted on Broadway in an impeccable production from Second Stage directed by Anne Kauffman.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 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

When we arrived at home, the coachman handed me out, remounted, and flicked his whip.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine

I made it very clear that I was in no way interested in a remounting.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

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

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2023

Before remounting “Much Ado About Nothing,” William Shakespeare’s classic battle of the sexes, it’s important to remember that there’s more to the comedy than Beatrice and Benedick’s skirmish of wits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

But for her latest project — remounting two masterworks at New York City Center starting Wednesday — the challenge wasn’t in creating something new.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2022

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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