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To come down; to descend.

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  1. v. i. To come down; to descend.
  2. v. i. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.
  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.
  7. n. the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
  8. v. alight from (a horse)
  9. v:100 n. the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)