Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mount \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.

   5. To raise aloft; to lift on high.

            What power is it which mounts my love so high?
                                                  --Shak.

   Note: A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has
         them arranged for use in or about it.

   {To mount guard} (Mil.), to go on guard; to march on guard;
      to do duty as a guard.

   {To mount a play}, to prepare and arrange the scenery,
      furniture, etc., used in the play.