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Meaning of 'dismount' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dismount [ v. i.]
- To come down; to descend.
- To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.
2 . Dismount [ v. t.]
- To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.
- To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.
- To take down, or apart, as a machine.
- To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery.

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