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deˈmount, v.
Also 6 Sc. demont.
[ad. F. démonter: cf. dismount.]
†1. intr. To dismount. Obs.
1533Bellenden Livy 361 (Jam.) All horsmen..demont haistilie fra thare hors.
2. nonce-wd. [f. de- + mount v.] To descend.
1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. i. ii. vi, Beautiful invention; mounting heavenward, so beautifully..Well if it do not, Pilâtre-like, explode; and demount all the more tragically!
3. trans. To remove from a mounting or place of support; to dismantle.
1934in Webster. 1958New Scientist 24 Apr. 29/3 [The inflamed hydrogen] carried off the singularly impressive eyebrows of a scientist demounting the autoclave. |