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Mounted definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MOUNT'ED, pp. Raised; seated on horseback; placed on a carriage; covered or embellished; furnished with guns.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
2: decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in combination; "the trim brass-mounted carbine of the ranger"- F.V.W.Mason

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mount Mount, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Mounted; p. pr. & vb. n. Mounting.] [OE. mounten, monten, F. monter, fr. L. mons, montis, mountain. See Mount, n. (above).] 1. To rise on high; to go up; to be upraised or uplifted; to tower aloft; to ascend; -- often with up. Though Babylon should mount up to heaven. --Jer. li. 53. The fire of trees and houses mounts on high. --Cowley. 2. To get up on anything, as a platform or scaffold; especially, to seat one's self on a horse for riding. 3. To attain in value; to amount. Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair deductions, see to what they mount. --Pope.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Mounted Mount"ed, a. 1. Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted police; mounted infantry. 2. Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Mounted police or soldiers ride horses when they are on duty. A dozen mounted police rode into the square. ADJ: ADJ n see also mount