reprovision
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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reprovisions
plural
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"Carpathia Hosting has no immediate plans to reprovision some or all of the Megaupload servers," the company's chief marketing officer, Brian Winter, said in a statement on Wednesday.
From Reuters ● Feb. 2, 2012
I don't suppose you mind my taking any action I may consider necessary to reprovision the fort?'
From Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling
The ships sent their crews ashore to fill fresh water or to reprovision, and then sailed home for Europe, to return the next year with new goods.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield
He was in search of the French fleet, and he wanted the King of Naples to let him reprovision his ships in the Neapolitan harbor.
From Superwomen by Albert Payson Terhune
He was therefore left without means to coal and reprovision.
From The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915 by Various
Never, it is said, had ships been reprovisioned and caulked, and remanned with greater speed for the over-ocean voyage.
From The Lost Continent by Charles John Cutcliffe Wright Hyne
At one of the islands where they reprovisioned two Portuguese came to inquire of "Don Antonio their King, then in England."
From History of the Philippine Islands by James Alexander Robertson
The ship was reprovisioned at Zanzibar, and one or two sick hands were allowed to land to be attended to at the French hospital.
From The Island of Gold A Sailor's Yarn by Gordon Stables
We returned, reprovisioned ourselves at La Ville, and the same evening saw us passing our first rock, en route for another.
From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper
Swept rapidly by the equatorial trades, in a few months Saavedra had traversed the Carolines, reprovisioned on Mindanao, and reached the survivors on Tidor.
From A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows
Carriers typically stop in port every 30 to 45 days for reprovisioning, repairs, and crew rest.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
De Joode confirmed that this reprovisioning had begun in February 2013.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2013
I had joined the yacht at Mystic, Conn., a fine port of call for cruisers who want to mix shopping and reprovisioning with the delights of Mystic Seaport.
From Time Magazine Archive
After reprovisioning his two ships La Perouse sailed out of Lituya Bay, never to return.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The lieutenant went out to attend to matters pertaining to reprovisioning the frigate, and Monsieur de Chemerant and the governor were alone.
From A Romance of the West Indies by Eugène Sue
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