remountn.
/ˈriːmaʊnt/, U.S. /ˈriˌmaʊnt/ Military. Now historical.
1. A stock of horses suitable for use by the cavalry.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > provision or procurement of supplies > supplying with horses > a supply of horses
remount1781
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by purpose used for > [noun] > used in war or charger > supply of
remount1781
1781 R. F. Greville Diary 5 Aug. (1930) 11 This was a favorable opportunity to take a ride, & try a new mare I had lately purchased, & one of a remount, made within a short time of my Appointment.
1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. A Remount means a supply of good and serviceable horses for the whole or part of a cavalry regiment.
1810 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VII. 30 I also beg leave to recommend that about 50 or 60 horses or mares..should be purchased..as a remount for the Officers of the cavalry.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 413/1 By a late order the name of stud has been changed to that of remount.
1955 Agric. Hist. 29 142/2 It is only since the introduction of the machine gun that the importance of the remount has begun to fade.
2006 M. E. Derry Horses in Society vi. 138 Contacts between Arabian breeders and men involved in remount breeding programs in the Bureau of Animal Industry probably did more to link Arabians to the remount.
2. A horse suitable to replace one that is exhausted, injured, or has died. Cf. remount v. 3d.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > equus caballus or horse > [noun] > fresh or reserve
relay horse1758
remount1803
1803 tr. E. Mortier Let. 4 June in Times 15 June 3/3 I have found a considerable number of horses, which will furnish remounts to the cavalry and artillery.
1829 W. F. Napier Hist. War Peninsula II. 262 He made every exertion to obtain..remounts for the cavalry.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 337/1 The general age of remounts varies from 3–5 years old.
1918 D. Haig Let. 3 June in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 419 I have recently received through the Director of Remounts a particularly nice horse.
1960 J. W. Bellah Sergeant Rutledge ii. 4 First Lieutenant Thomas F. Cantrell, 9th U.S. Cavalry, down from Fort Linton for remounts, had culled only sixty-two animals he could pass for government purchase.
1999 J. Haldon Warfare, State & Society Byzantine World 565–1204 v. 142 The ratio of remounts to soldiers in the late Roman and Byzantine army is difficult to assess.
Compounds
General attributive, as remount depot, remount horse, remount stable, etc.
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1803 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. Dec. 828 Was government to undertake, of itself, the purchase of all the remount horses for regiments of cavalry.
1876 G. E. Voyle & G. de Saint-Clair-Stevenson Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) 191/2 The latter..are offered for sale to the government stud or remount depot.
1880 P. Gillmore On Duty 26 I visited the camp and remount stable.
1960 J. W. Bellah Sergeant Rutledge vi. 25 Fort Linton was a squibbing petard by the time the remount train pulled into Fort Station.
2002 T. R. Buecker Fort Robinson & Amer. Cent. (2004) ii. 29 Conditioning for remount horses began when they were assigned to a specific pasture and put on a diet.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
remountv.
/ˌriːˈmaʊnt/, U.S. /rəˈmaʊnt/, /riˈmaʊnt/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > [verb (transitive)]
uprighta1340
to bring to (one's) statea1387
restorea1387
remount?c1400
reducec1425
redraw1480
reintegrate1495
restitutec1503
repair?1521
revocate1527
recall1567
redintegrate1578
rehabilitate1580
refetch1599
revindicate1609
re-estate1611
uprighten1618
redintegrate1622
restate1625
redeem1686
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise > again
relievec1400
remount?c1400
re-exalt1670
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. pr. i. l. 1706 Thow þat art souereyn comfort of Angwissos corages So thow hast remounted and norysshed [L. refouisti; Fr. refait et raempli] me with the weyhte of thy sentenses and with delit of thy syngynge.
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 8399 (MED) Þe Ethiopes blake So manly bar hem..Þat wher Troyens wern a-forn in fere, Remounted ben and of new assurid.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 685/2 I remounte, I reyse up (Lydgate), je monte, je eslieue.
1575 G. Fenton Golden Epist. f. 177v If we stumble or fall, he may lende vs his hande eftsoones to remount vs.
1609 J. Davies Holy Roode sig. E2 Remount vs by His fall, from whence we fell; He's fall'n in't hands of Synne, of Griefes the Ground; Those selfe same Hands, threw vs from Heau'n to Hell.
2.
a. intransitive. To rise, or move upwards again; to make a second or subsequent ascent. Also with to. Now somewhat rare.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > rise or go up [verb (intransitive)] > again
relievec1400
remountc1425
reascendc1429
resurse1488
resurge1575
re-rise1797
c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) ii. 1994 (MED) He þat was of vnhap first put doun Remounteþ ofte to ful hiȝe renoun.
a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) 10126 (MED) An Ampte..wyl nat dwelle In the vale cast doun lowe..But hyre afforceth a-noon ryht To remounte wyth al hyr myght.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxiii. 85 She can..tarye & areste sodaynli the flodes & grete ryuers,..and make their bygge stremes rennyng to remounte vpwarde.
a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) sig. Cv It is necessarie, by time to remount to very hie thinges, lest it bow vnto lowe and yl thinges.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. i. sig. B He backe returning by the Yuorie dore, Remounted vp as light as chearefull Larke.
1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena v. 144 Hee gave them no time to remount aboord their Galleyes.
1684 R. Waller tr. Ess. Nat. Exper. Acad. del Cimento 93 This Liquor..began to remount in the Neck of the Vessel.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Conserve There will stick to the Scummer..a small thread or Filament, which remounts.
1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III lxxiii. 41 To Sorrow I was cast, To act and suffer, but remount at last With a fresh pinion.
1877 J. S. Blackie Wise Men Greece 305 They by natural upwardness Remount to earth.
1915 R. Stout in Smith's Mag. Sept. 1041/2 On the fourth step, he halted and stood still, and finally he turned abruptly, remounted to the landing, [etc.].
1975 F. Keenlyside Peaks & Pioneers 74/2 We then took the course of remounting to the start of a couloir.
b. transitive. To rise again to (a particular point); to reascend into (the sky or heaven) Now rare and literary.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restoration of a person > recovery from misfortune, error, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > recover (a state)
remount1647
1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. ciii (MED) When ye se yowre hawke may not endew her meete nor remounte her astate, she hath the gowte.
1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xi. 233 Iris with-drew;..And by her painted Bow remounts the skies.
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 47 He..shall stoope as much too low before hee remounts his proper pitch.
a1711 T. Ken Psyche iv, in Wks. (1721) IV. 274 Both wing'd and rob'd in Cloud, remount the Skie.
1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. VI. xxiv. 198 Wheeling his fire-wheeled, swift-teamed, gilt chariot, He heavens remounted, in new morning-red.
c. transitive. To go up (a hill, mountain, etc.) again; to go back along (a river, stream, etc.) to its source; to climb up (a ladder, stairs, etc.). Also figurative and in figurative context.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > ascend (something) [verb (transitive)] > go up into or onto > again
remount1616
1616 J. Bingham tr. Ælian Tactiks 97 The Acarnans therefore, that were descended, and busie a darting, were quickly put to flight, and many slaine in seeking to remount the hills.
1687 J. Dryden Hind & Panther iii. 106 The Sun..That week the virgin balance shou'd remount.
1784 T. Hutchins Hist. Narr. Louisiana & W.-Florida 5 He afterwards remounted that river, and returned to Canada.
1812 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 68 503 Literature was destined to remount the ladder of instruction..with as gradual and lingering a progression.
1850 Ainsworth's Mag. 17 310 In a shower of windy rain we remounted the hill-road to Ville d'Eu.
1884 Manch. Examiner 16 Aug. 4/8 We must beg them to remount the stream to its ancient source.
1935 S. Walker Mrs. Astor's Horse (1937) 292 Sally remounted the stairs, threw her fans high over her head, and for one blinding moment stood revealed in all her white flesh.
1996 J. W. Ryan Camerone ix. 70 Morzycki remounted the ladder to deliver the message to Laine, who..went back across the road to report to Colonel Milan.
3.
a. transitive. To assist or place (a person) back up on a horse after a fall; (also) to help (a person) on to a replacement horse. Formerly with †on or †upon. Now chiefly historical.In earlier use also †reflexive and †intransitive with reflexive meaning (cf. sense 3b) (obsolete).
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > mount (a horse or other animal) > set on horseback > enable to remount
remountc1425
c1425 (c1400) Laud Troy-bk. 6162 (MED) His hert gret angur surmounted That Achilles was remounted.
1490 Caxton's Blanchardyn & Eglantine (1962) xxiv. 86 His men,..wyth right grete peyne,..remounted hym on his hors.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 159 (MED) He..fonde belias and flaundryns..and on dionas tweyne of her felowes, and peyned hem for to remounte hem on her horse.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvijv When he was remounted, he made a countenance to assayle his aduersarie.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 152 One of his faithfull followers remounted him vpon his owne horse.
1685 Mr. Travestin Acct. Proc. against Turks 10 The Prince..was in great danger, a Cannon-bullet having taken off one of his Horses legs, but he was presently remounted.
1707 L. Echard Hist. Eng. ii. iii. 361 His Horse being kill'd, he was remounted by those about him.
1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. x. 64 The accident happened so near the house, as not to make it worth while for Obadiah to remount him.
1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 13 442 Leaving the guides to remount him, and right him in his seat.
1890 Eng. Hist. Rev. 5 863 Joan..was dragged from her saddle; and in spite of the efforts of her escort to remount her, she and her immediate followers were made prisoners.
1974 P. Padfield Great Naval Race i. 31 Wilhelm was obliged to master his imbalance in the saddle; the simple method his tutor employed was to deny him stirrups and, each time he fell off, to remount him.
1999 R. Kaeuper Chivalry & Violence in Medieval Europe xii. 263 Lancelot rescues the fallen Arthur and securely remounts him in the saddle, before quitting the field.
b. intransitive. To get up on to the back of a horse (or occasionally another animal) again; to get back on a bicycle, motorcycle, etc. †Formerly also with on, to.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride a horse (or other animal) [verb (intransitive)] > mount > again
remounta1450
resaddle1834
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1932) III. l. 27728 Whiles Froyllez was remowntyng jn the Feld, Sire Gaweyn they thowhten Strokys to ȝeld.
1560 I. Bourghcher tr. Arthur of Brytayn f. C.xix/2 By very force he caused the senesshal to remount agayne on his horse.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. ix. sig. Ll3 Tho hastily remounting to his steed, He forth issew'd.
1618 A. Munday tr. N. de Herberay Amadis de Gaule: 3rd Bk. xvii. 176 Grumedan remounted on horsebacke, and imaging that his two new friends would follow him, withdrew thence to his owne lodging.
1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 236 Three..of his train alight from horse..and so the Gentlemen remount.
1776 R. Chandler Trav. Greece xxxvi. 167 I re-mounted, intending to enquire at Marathon.
1794 F. G. Waldron Heigho for Husband iv. ii. 48 Come, come!—give me what I call'd for, that I may remount.
1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. ii. lxx. 127 Xenophon then remounted and ascended the hill on horseback.
1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 441/3 The Indians seemed to hold a pow-wow a few moments, and then the two braves who were on foot remounted and the whole party rode off.
1969 Times 15 Oct. 15/1 As one of the competitors remounted after saddling her pony..she fell off.
1984 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 4 June Foldyna was knocked off his bike after 58 miles. He remounted and finished last, but only one minute behind the winner.
2004 S. F. Dale Garden of Eight Paradises 208 [They] met..on open ground, both dismounting, walking forward to meet and then remounting.
c. transitive. To get up on to the back of (an animal, esp. a horse) again; to climb aboard or on to (a vehicle, a platform, etc.) again.
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society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > ride (a horse or other animal) [verb (transitive)] > mount (a horse or other animal) > remount
remount1595
re-amount1629
1595 L. Pyott tr. N. de Herberay Second Bk. Amadis de Gaule xvi. sig. Yiiiv His cosen Agraies and his fellowes did remount their horses.
1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. xxxiv. 317 We again remounte our Horses, and he conducted me safely to my Aunts.
1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. xi. 463 Hector..Remounts his Car, and herds amidst the Crowd.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall V. l. 211 He..descended to Jerusalem, remounted the Borak, [etc.].
1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. ii. 36 Your horse will afterwards keep you dancing for an hour..before he will suffer you to remount him.
1872 Musical World 28 Dec. 831/1 Mr. Howell was frequently applauded, and, at the close, had to remount the platform in acknowledgement.
1893 Earl of Dunmore Pamirs I. 246 I remounted my yak.
1908 F. Hume Red Skull vi. 70 I believe that Sir Hannibal went there and murdered Bowring; then he remounted his bike and got back to the fête before it was over.
1977 Newsweek (Nexis) 14 Mar. 61 Nailles, heavily tranquilized, was able to remount his commuter train.
2005 L. E. Modesitt Alector's Choice (2006) xxxvi. 193 He remounted the chestnut silently and turned his mount to continue further into the village.
d. transitive. Military. To supply (cavalry, soldiers, etc.) with replacement horses in preparation for battle. Also (of a body of horses): to serve as a remount (remount n. 1) for (a cavalry unit). Now historical.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > practise logistics [verb (transitive)] > provide horses
remount1676
1676 Earl of Monmouth & W. Brent tr. G. Gualdo Priorato Hist. France x. 510 The taking of the 300000 Ryals..by the English, retarded the Provisions which were thereby to be made, and in particular of Horses, to remount the Cavalry.
1704 London Gaz. 3987/1 700 Horses came..to remount the Regiments of Dragoons.
?1747 J. Ray Compl. Hist. Rebellion 215 The Countrymen with fresh Horses coming to remount our Soldiers, running themselves on foot very chearfully.
1816 F. H. Naylor Hist. Germany II. xxi. 290 This sum..proved of incalculable benefit to the Swedes, because it enabled them to remount their cavalry.
1889 Appleton's Cycl. VI. 81/1 Nearly all Thomas's mounted force had accompanied Sherman, leaving all the remaining cavalry to be remounted.
1902 Sessional Papers (House of Commons) 58 12/1 I do not think they imagined for a moment that after they got to Bloemfontein they would have to remount the cavalry twice.
2001 S. Haller William Washington iv. 101 The resulting public outrage seriously hampered Greene's efforts to quickly remount his cavalry.
4.
a. intransitive. With to. Of a river, stream, etc.: to flow back to (its source). Frequently in figurative context and extended use (cf. sense 4b). Now rare.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > originate, derive, or arise [verb (intransitive)] > derive or go back
refer?1406
remount1612
to go back1771
trace1876
stem1937
1612 J. Sylvester tr. Tropheis sig. Eee4, in E. Grimeston tr. P. Matthieu Heroyk Life Henry IV This noble Spirit doth to his Spring re-mount, This Bounties Flood retireth to his Fount.
1678 W. D. tr. F. de La Mothe Le Vayer Notitia Historicorum Selectorum 66 The Rivers, Vulturnus, and Glanis, to remount to their Source.
1768 tr. Voltaire Lett. to Prince vii. 77 Boulanger is a bold Philosopher, who remounts to the sources, without deigning to sound the streams.
1804 A. Murray Bruce's Trav. Source Nile (ed. 2) II. 294 Without any clue, or thread, left us, by which we can remount to the source whence this variety of wealth had flowed.
1839 tr. A. de Lamartine Trav. in East 17/1 This life thus remounts directly to the source from whence it emanates.
1841 W. H. Mill Observ. Applic. Pantheistic Princ. ii. 209 The Mosaic law of levirate or adoption..certifies that all must remount to the same natural parent.
1886 Eau Claire (Wisconsin) News 18 Sept. As true as the water of this stream shall never remount to its source.
1996 P. B. Taylor Chaucer's Chain of Love ii. 52 His comparison of time..with the stream that cannot remount to its source.
b. intransitive. With to. Of a person: to go back to a certain point, principle, etc., in the course of an investigation or study; to take (something) into account as a source, influence, or governing factor; to refer to. Now chiefly archaic and literal.
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the mind > mental capacity > memory > retrospection, reminiscence > look back, retrospect [verb (intransitive)] > return to a topic
returnc1405
resortc1425
relent?c1500
recur1620
remountc1740
to tread back one's steps1777
hark back1829
c1740 Visct. Bolingbroke Idea Patriot King i. 3 The shortest and the surest method of arriving at real knowledge is..to remount to first Principles.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. iii. iv. 498 Without remounting to the remote antiquities of either the French or English monarchies, we may find in much later times, [etc.] . View more context for this quotation
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xlv. 495 In detail, we can rarely account for anything; for we soon remount to facts which lie beyond our powers of analysis and observation.
1884 Law Times Rep. 51 531/2 Without remounting to the Roman law, or discussing the refinements of scholastic jurisprudence.
1909 Econ. Jrnl. 19 278 To convey to English readers an idea of the scope of Signor Pugliese's work, one must remount to the great work of Rogers.
2004 J.-P. Gilson in E. Ragland & D. Milovanovic Lacan: Topologically Speaking xii. 278 Will he know how to follow the inverse path and remount to the patronymic of the subject which was revealed in this somewhat twisted adventure?
c. intransitive. With to. Of a practice, principle, etc.: to go back in time to (a particular date or period); to originate from, to date back to. Now chiefly archaic and literal.
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the world > time > relative time > the past > [verb (intransitive)] > go back in time
recourse1561
to go back1587
to run up1609
to put (also set, turn, etc.) back the clock1623
recedea1681
amount1714
to put (also set, turn, etc.) the clock back1745
remount1777
mount1788
retrograde1797
to throw back1855
1777 N. W. Wraxall Mem. Kings of France II. 388 Its origin remounts to the most remote antiquity, nor does tradition itself pretend to ascertain its founder.
1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xii. 301 The kindred art of walking on burning coals..remounts to the same antiquity.
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) I. vii. 328 A practice which remounts to the first ages of Christianity.
1932 Isis 18 218 The notion of wu-hsing, in its original meaning of the five elements, remounts to the twelfth century B.C.
2001 Z. von Martels in G. J. Dorleijn & H. L. J. Vanstiphout Cultural Repertoires i. 87 Such concepts, the creation of which mostly remounts to the second half of the eighteenth century.
5. † c. transitive. To put together again; to reassemble ready for use. Cf. mount v. 26a. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To fix in position again; to place in a new position. Also with in, on.In earlier use chiefly with reference to mounting a gun again (see mount v. 22a).
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the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > for a particular purpose > again
remount1627
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > mount
planta1500
mount1515
brake1579
countermount1596
remount1627
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 6 Which is the best..for..remounting any dismounted peece.
1685 Mr. Travestin Acct. Proc. against Turks 20 This night the besieged..remounted several Cannon upon the new Batteries.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 63 To remount such of their guns as had formerly..been ordered into the hold.
1799 W. Jones Adams's Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. (ed. 2) II. xvi. App. 262 The upper ball thus remounted shall roll out of its box.
1855 U. Parsons Life Sir William Pepperell v. 118 The cannon from the grand battery were returned and remounted there the following March.
1867 T. G. Bergen Geneal. Van Brunt Family 3 There, among other singular feats he dismounted the small cannon in the block-house erected for defense against the Indians, and then remounted it in another port-hole.
1909 J. P. Heyes tr. A. Scarfoglio Round World in Motor-car vi. 122 We still had to replace the big petrol tank, solder the tube, and remount the body.
1940 Sci. News Let. 17 Aug. 110/1 At its upper end is another pair of trunnions; the gun is remounted on these and is then ready to fire at aircraft.
1978 Economist (Nexis) 1 July 91 If you insist..the garage will take the engine out, remount it correctly and fit new driveshafts.
2006 Pop. Mech. (Nexis) 183 40 While the ship motors to a site farther out in the bay, Widder and her crew remount the camera, rebait the arm and install a new battery.
b. transitive. To fit (a display item, artwork, etc.) with a new mount. Cf. mount n.2 5.
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1863 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1862 49 The type furnished by him, on being carefully cleaned and remounted, shows a uniformly diffused covering of brownish gray hair.
1880 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 103 478/1 Most of the birds forming the fine Maximilian collection have been remounted.
1904 Burlington Mag. Dec. 180/2 Relieved of the thick layer of dirt and dust that covered it, cleaned and remounted, the picture proved to be in perfect preservation.
1961 Chinese Art Treasures (Chinese National Central Mus.) 251 Among the many inscriptions attached to the scroll is a record of its having been remounted at the court of the Southern T'ang emperor Lieh-tsu in 940.
1997 M. B. Cohn tr. C. James et al. Old Master Prints & Drawings 25/2 Richardson catalogued and remounted the collection of the second duke of Devonshire.
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the world > action or operation > amending > restoration > restore [verb (transitive)] > restore to state of wholeness or completeness
redintegrate?a1475
redintegre1501
reintegrate1570
remount1888
1888 19th Cent. June 853 One man takes to pieces the syringes,..burns the leathers, disinfects the metal parts, and sends them to the instrument-maker to be remounted.
6. transitive. To stage or present (a play, exhibition, etc.) again. Cf. mount v. 30a.
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1863 Observer 22 Feb. 7/4 The play has accordingly been remounted.
1908 N.Y. Times 20 Sept. iii. 1/2 Hammerstein plans to remount the play for her especial benefit.
1939 N. C. Arvin Alexandre Dumas Fils ii. 45 The manager of the Vaudeville prepared to remount the play.
1999 Toronto Star (Nexis) 1 Jan. 7 Capon did consider trying to remount the exhibition at one stage, so important has it been in the development of Australian art.
2005 Time Out N.Y. 7 Apr. 157/1 Robert Devereux..hired Shakespeare's company to remount its king-toppling Richard II for a special performance with his brigade as audience.
Derivatives
reˈmounting n. the action or process of remounting (in various senses); an instance of this.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > [noun] > provision or procurement of supplies > supplying with horses
remountinga1595
a1595 T. Digges in T. Digges & D. Digges Foure Paradoxes (1604) ii. 55 Magistrates and Officers of purpose appointed should dispose thereof for the Ransoming of prisoners, and the remounting of such as had their horses slaine in Seruice.
1691 Animadversions on King James 2 The accomplishment of so sacred a Work as the re-mounting King James upon his Throne.
1714 tr. French Bk. of Rates 208 The bringing in Horses for the remounting of their Troopers.
1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon III. i. 15 The remounting and recruiting of the cavalry was a matter of greater difficulty.
1927 Bull. Metrop. Mus. Art 22 101/2 It is possible that the canvas of our work may have lost a little at its edges in past remountings as is so often the case with old pictures.
2008 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 Nov. c5 The Bethesda Theatre's remounting of the musical ‘Altar Boyz’ has done well.
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