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.

Mounting \Mount"ing\, n.
   1. The act of one that mounts.

   2. That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to
      advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the
      mounting of a sword or diamond.

Mounting \Mount"ing\, n. (A["e]ronautics)
   = {Carriage}.

Source : WordNet®

mounting
     n 1: an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in
          altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: {climb},
           {climbing}]
     2: framework used for support or display