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.

Mounted \Mount"ed\, a.
   1. Seated or serving on horseback or similarly; as, mounted
      police; mounted infantry.

   2. Placed on a suitable support, or fixed in a setting; as, a
      mounted gun; a mounted map; a mounted gem.

Source : WordNet®

mounted
     adj 1: assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
     2: decorated with applied ornamentation; often used in
        combination; "the trim brass-mounted carbine of the
        ranger"- F.V.W.Mason