Bring then these blessings to a strict account, Make fair
deductions, see to what they mount.
Pope.
Mount, v. t. 1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb.
Shall we mount again the rural throne?
Dryden.
2. To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or anything that
one sits upon; to bestride.
3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with animals for
riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the Trojan troop." Dryden.
4. Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a gun
on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to prepare for being
worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or a sword blade by
adding the hilt, scabbard, etc.