\Dis*mount"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dismounted}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Dismounting}.] [Pref. dis- + mount: cf. OF.
desmonter, F. d['e]monter.]
1. To come down; to descend. [Poetic]
         But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount.
                                               --Spenser.
2. To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider
   from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

\Dis*mount"\, v. t.
1. To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor
   and authority, or the like.
         Dismounted from his authority.        --Barrow.
2. To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the
   soldier dismounted his adversary.
3. (Mech.) To take down, or apart, as a machine.
4. 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.