Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mounted"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
mounted
adj 1: on horseback or provided with horses; "mounted police" [ant:
{unmounted}]
2: assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
3: decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in
combination; "the trim brass-mounted carbine of the
ranger"- F.V.W.Mason
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