Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To mount again.
  • transitive verb To supply with a fresh horse.
  • noun A fresh horse.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To mount again or anew, in any sense.
  • To mount again; reascend; specifically, to mount a horse again.
  • To go back, as in order of time or of reasoning.
  • noun The opportunity or means of remounting; specifically, a fresh horse with its furniture; also, a supply of fresh horses for cavalry.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments.
  • verb To mount again.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The opportunity of, or things necessary for, remounting; specifically, a fresh horse, with his equipments; as, to give one a remount.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb mount again
  • noun a fresh horse especially (formerly) to replace one killed or injured in battle
  • verb mount again, as after disassembling something
  • verb provide with fresh horses

Etymologies

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From Anglo-Norman remunter, Middle French remonter, later also reinforced by re- +‎ mount.

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