to mount a play

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to mount a play - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mount \Mount\, v. t.
     1. To get upon; to ascend; to climb; as, to mount the pulpit
        and deliver a sermon.
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              Shall we mount again the rural throne? --Dryden.
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     2. To place one's self on, as a horse or other animal, or
        anything that one sits upon; to bestride.
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     3. To cause to mount; to put on horseback; to furnish with
        animals for riding; to furnish with horses. "To mount the
        Trojan troop." --Dryden.
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     4. Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for
        use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or
        paper; to prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a
        diamond by setting, or a sword blade by adding the hilt,
        scabbard, etc.; as, to mount a picture or diploma in a
        frame
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     5. To raise aloft; to lift on high.
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              What power is it which mounts my love so high?
                                                    --Shak.
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     Note: A fort or ship is said to mount cannon, when it has
           them arranged for use in or about it.
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     To mount guard (Mil.), to go on guard; to march on guard;
        to do duty as a guard.
  
     To mount a play, to prepare and arrange the scenery,
        furniture, etc., used in the play.
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