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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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MOUNTENAUNCE n.
Mountance. [Obs.]
MOUNTER n. 2 definitions
One who mounts.
MOUNTING n. 2 definitions
The act of one that mounts.
MOUNTINGLY adv.
In an ascending manner.
MOUNTLET n.
A small or low mountain. [R.]
MOUNTY n.
The rise of a hawk after prey. Sir P. Sidney.
AMOUNT v. 6 definitions
To go up; to ascend. [Obs.] So up he rose, and thence amounted straight. Spenser.
CATAMOUNT n.
The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.
DEMOUNT v.
To dismount. [R.]
DEMOUNTABLE n.
Capable of being dismounted; -- said of a form of rim, for an automobile wheel, which can be removed with its tire from the wheel.
DISMOUNT v. 6 definitions
To come down; to descend. [Poetic] But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. Spenser.
INSURMOUNTABILITY n.
The state or quality of being insurmountable.
INSURMOUNTABLE a.
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insuperable; as, insurmountable difficulty or obstacle. Locke. Hope thinks nothing difficult; despair tells us that difficulty is insurmountable. I. Watts.
INSURMOUNTABLENESS n.
The state or quality of being insurmountable; insurmountability.
INSURMOUNTABLY adv.
In a manner or to a degree not to be overcome.
OUTMOUNT v.
To mount above. [R.]
OVERMOUNT v.
To mount over; to go higher than; to rise above.
PARAMOUNT a. 2 definitions
ghest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preëminent; as, a paramount duty. "A traitor paramount." Bacon. Lady paramount (Archery), the lady making the best score. -- Lord paramount, the king.
PARAMOUNTLY adv.
In a paramount manner.
POLY-MOUNTAIN n. 3 definitions
Same as Poly, n.
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