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Definition of Mount up

1. Verb. Get up on the back of. "Mount a horse"

Definition of Mount up

1. Verb. (transitive) to increase over a period of time; to accumulate ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Mount Up

Literary usage of Mount up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Rome by Livy (1888)
"Upon this Scipio, having ordered the victorious troops to mount up and attack the centre of the enemy, divided the rest of his forces with ..."

2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"... mount up to seventy-two miles, by taking a circuitous route through Nottinghamshire to avoid the Humber. ..."

3. Diary of John Manningham, of the Middle Temple, and of Bradbourne, Kent by John Manningham (1868)
"... to mount up to heaven, but never comes neare it. Prayse is a kinde of paynt which makes every thing ..."

4. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Though his excellency mount up I'm, 24: 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of ... Though Babylon should mount up to £».11:23./lud the glory of the Lord went ..."

5. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... at morrow, when should they hear trumpet, Beyond dune walls, of there assailing cohorts ; They mount up likewise from their river vallum. ..."

6. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1853)
"... shall mount up as eagles, that God bears them upon eagles' wings, and the like; for in Christ's Ascension they are made to ascend into the heavenly ..."

7. Remarks on the Arabian Nights' Entertainments: In which the Origin of by Richard Hole (1797)
"For they are forced to mount up this hil by the helpe of nailes and chaines fattened thereto, nature having prohibited other ..."

8. The History of Rome by Livy (1888)
"Upon this Scipio, having ordered the victorious troops to mount up and attack the centre of the enemy, divided the rest of his forces with ..."

9. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1890)
"... mount up to seventy-two miles, by taking a circuitous route through Nottinghamshire to avoid the Humber. ..."

10. Diary of John Manningham, of the Middle Temple, and of Bradbourne, Kent by John Manningham (1868)
"... to mount up to heaven, but never comes neare it. Prayse is a kinde of paynt which makes every thing ..."

11. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"Though his excellency mount up I'm, 24: 3. Who shall ascend into the hill of ... Though Babylon should mount up to £».11:23./lud the glory of the Lord went ..."

12. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"... at morrow, when should they hear trumpet, Beyond dune walls, of there assailing cohorts ; They mount up likewise from their river vallum. ..."

13. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1853)
"... shall mount up as eagles, that God bears them upon eagles' wings, and the like; for in Christ's Ascension they are made to ascend into the heavenly ..."

14. Remarks on the Arabian Nights' Entertainments: In which the Origin of by Richard Hole (1797)
"For they are forced to mount up this hil by the helpe of nailes and chaines fattened thereto, nature having prohibited other ..."

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