1. (v. i.) To alight from a horse; to descend or get off; as a rider dismounts his horse; as, the troops dismounted.

2. (v. i.) To come down; to descend.

3. (v. t.) To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.

4. (v. t.) To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.

5. (v. t.) To take down, or apart, as a machine.

6. (v. t.) To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery.

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