Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

Mount \Mount\ (mount), n. [OE. munt, mont, mount, AS. munt, fr.
   L. mons, montis; cf. L. minae protections, E. eminent,
   menace: cf. F. mont. Cf. {Mount}, v., {Mountain}, {Mont},
   {Monte}, {Montem}.]
   1. A mass of earth, or earth and rock, rising considerably
      above the common surface of the surrounding land; a
      mountain; a high hill; -- used always instead of mountain,
      when put before a proper name; as, Mount Washington;
      otherwise, chiefly in poetry.

   2. A bulwark for offense or defense; a mound. [Obs.]

            Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against
            Jerusalem.                            --Jer. vi. 6.

   3. [See {Mont de pi['e]t['e]}.] A bank; a fund.

   {Mount of piety}. See {Mont de pi['e]t['e]}.

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.

Mount \Mount\, n. [From {Mount}, v.]
   That upon which a person or thing is mounted, as:
   (a) A horse.

             She had so good a seat and hand, she might be
             trusted with any mount.              --G. Eliot.
   (b) The cardboard or cloth on which a drawing, photograph, or
       the like is mounted; a mounting.

Mount \Mount\, n. (Palmistry)
   Any one of seven fleshy prominences in the palm of the hand
   which are taken as significant of the influence of
   ``planets,'' and called the mounts of Jupiter, Mars, Mercury,
   the Moon, Saturn, the Sun or Apollo, and Venus.

Source : WordNet®

mount
     v 1: attach to a support; "They mounted the aerator on a
          floating"
     2: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were
        lowered" [syn: {wax}, {climb}, {rise}] [ant: {wane}]
     3: fix onto a backing, setting, or support; "mount slides for
        macroscopic analysis"
     4: put up or launch; "mount a campaign against pronography"
     5: get on the back of; "mount a horse" [syn: {hop on}, {mount
        up}, {get on}, {jump on}, {climb on}, {bestride}] [ant: {hop
        out}]
     6: go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever
        climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: {climb}, {climb
        up}, {go up}]
     7: prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for
        execution or performance; "mount a theater production";
        "mount an attack"; "mount a play" [syn: {put on}]
     8: copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" [syn: {ride}]

mount
     n 1: a lightweight horse kept for riding only [syn: {saddle horse},
           {riding horse}]
     2: the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to
        the top" [syn: {climb}]
     3: a land mass that projects well above its surroundings;
        higher than a hill [syn: {mountain}]
     4: mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or
        other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was
        in a plain gold mount" [syn: {setting}]
     5: something forming a back that is added for strengthening
        [syn: {backing}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

mount
     
         To make a {file system} available for access.
     
        {Unix} does this by associating the file system with a
        {directory} (the "mount point") within a currently mounted
        file system.  The "root" file system is mounted on the {root
        directory}, "/" early in the {boot} sequence.  "mount" is also
        the {Unix} command to do this, "unmount" breaks the
        association.
     
        E.g., "mount attaches a named file system to the file system
        hierarchy at the pathname location directory [...]" -- {Unix
        manual page} mount(8).
     
        File systems are usually mounted either at {boot time} under
        control of {/etc/rc} (or one of its subfiles) or on demand by
        an {automounter} {daemon}.
     
        Other {operating systems} such as {VMS} and {DOS} mount file
        systems as separate directory hierarchies without any common
        ancestor or root directory.
     
        Apparently derived from the physical sense of "mount" meaning
        "attach", as in "head-mounted display", or "set up", as in
        "always mount a {scratch monkey}, etc."
     
        {Unix manual page}: mount(8).
     
        (1997-04-14)