Mount

1. to go up; climb; ascend: to mount stairs. 2. to get up on (a platform, a horse, etc.). 3. to set or place at an elevation: to mount a house on stilts. 4. to furnish with a horse or other animal for riding. 5. to set or place (a person) on horseback. 6. to organize, as an army. 7. to prepare and launch, as an attack or a campaign. 8. to raise or put into position for use, as a gun. 9. (of a fortress or warship) to have or carry (guns) in position for use. 10. to go or put on guard, as a sentry or watch. 11. to attach to or fix on or in a support, backing, setting, etc.: to mount a photograph; to mount a diamond in a ring. 12. to arrange for display: to mount a museum exhibit. 13. to provide (a play, musical comedy, opera, etc.) with scenery, costumes, and other equipment for production. 14. to prepare (an animal body or skeleton) as a specimen. 15. (of a male animal) to climb upon (a female) for copulation. 16. Microscopy. to prepare (a slide) for microscopic investigation. to prepare (a sample) for examination by a microscope, as by placing it on a slide.