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mounted
[moun-tid] 
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mount
[mount]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | climb |
| Synonyms: | arise, ascend, back, bestride, clamber up, climb onto, climb up on, escalade, escalate, get astride, get up on, go up, jump on, lift, rise, scale, soar, tower, up, vault |
| Antonyms: | alight, dismount, fall |
| Main Entry: | mount |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | affix, frame |
| Synonyms: | emplace, exhibit, fit, install, place, position, prepare, produce, put in place, put on, set up, show, stage |
| Antonyms: | dismount, unfix |
| Main Entry: | mounted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on horseback |
| Synonyms: | horsed, in the saddle, riding, seated |
| Antonyms: | afoot, dismounted, unhorsed |
| Main Entry: | mounted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | firmly fixed |
| Synonyms: | anchored, attached, braced, fastened, firm, set, supported |
| Main Entry: | mounted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | backed |
| Synonyms: | pasted on, reinforced, set off, strengthened |
| Main Entry: | aggravate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to become worse |
| Synonyms: | complicate, deepen, enhance, exacerbate, exaggerate, heighten, increase, inflame, intensify, magnify, mount, rise, rouse, worsen |
| Notes: | to aggravate is to make something worse, while to exacerbate is to increase something's bitterness or harshness aggravate means 'to add to' an already troublesome or vexing matter or condition while irritate means 'to vex, annoy, or chafe' irritate means 'inflame' (originally 'excite, rouse'); aggravate means 'worsen' |
| Antonyms: | alleviate, help, improve, relieve, soothe |
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, stand, or go up |
| Synonyms: | ascend, climb, jump, mount, move upward, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, soar, stand, tower, turn out, wake up |
| Antonyms: | lay, lie, sit |
| Main Entry: | ascend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up |
| Synonyms: | arise, climb, escalate, float, fly, lift off, mount, move up, rise, scale, soar, sprout, take off, tower |
| Antonyms: | decline, descend, go down, lower |
| Main Entry: | augment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make greater; improve |
| Synonyms: | add to, aggrandize, amplify, beef up, boost, build, build up, compound, develop, enhance, enlarge, expand, extend, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, magnify, mount, multiply, pad, piggyback, progress, raise, reinforce, strengthen, sweeten, swell, tag on |
| Antonyms: | decrease, degrade |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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