demount verb. [di:'maʊnt] M16.
[Orig. from French démonter (cf. DISMOUNT verb); in recent use formed as DEMOUNTABLE.]
1. verb intrans. Dismount. Also, admit of unmounting. Scot. M-L16.

2. verb trans. Remove from its mounting; unmount; dismantle (for later reassembly). Cf. DEMOUNTABLE. Orig. Scot. L16.

3. verb intrans. Descend. rare. M19.

► In sense 2 not recorded 18-19; reintroduced in 20 after next.

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