What does remounted mean?
Remounted is the past tense and past participle of remount, meaning to mount again or put something back into position. A jockey, soldier, or other rider may remount after falling or dismounting, while a military unit or weapon may be remounted at a new location or returned to active service. The word combines the prefix re-, indicating repetition, with mount, meaning to get onto or fasten onto something. Although it can describe the action of mounting again, its military uses are especially established: remounted cavalry and remounted artillery refer to forces or weapons placed back in position. In ordinary contemporary language, the word is most likely to appear in accounts of riding, horse handling, or historical military activity.
verbRemounted means mounted again or put back in place, especially after dismounting, falling, or being removed. It can also refer to a person or animal who has mounted a horse or other animal again.
- Mounted again, as a person or animal on a horse or other animal.
- Put back into place or mounted anew, especially a weapon or piece of equipment.
- Re-established or placed back in service, especially military forces or equipment.
"The rider remounted the horse and continued along the trail."
"After the fall, the jockey remounted and returned to the race."
"The battery was remounted at the new position before dawn."
Remounted captures the moment when a rider, soldier, or piece of equipment gets back into position and faces the next challenge.
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Where does remounted come from?
Remounted was formed by adding the prefix re- to mount, a word that comes through Old French monter from Latin montare, related to mons, meaning mountain or hill. The prefix re- indicates that the mounting or positioning is being done again. The related verb dismount developed from the same French and Latin material but expresses the opposite action.
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How remounted is actually used
Remounted is formal or historical in many contexts, particularly military ones. In modern general use, it most often describes a rider or animal mounting again.
Easily confused with remounted
Remount is the base verb, while remounted is its past tense and past participle.
Dismount means to get off or take something off, whereas remounted means to mount again or put something back in place.