reship

American  

[ree-ship] / riˈʃɪp /

verb (used with object)

reshipped, reshipping

1. to ship again.

2. to transfer from one ship to another.

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verb (used without object)

reshipped, reshipping

1. to go on a ship again.

2. (of a member of a ship's crew) to sign up for another voyage.

Other Word Forms

• reshipment noun

Etymology

Origin of reship

First recorded in 1645–55; re- + ship ¹

Example Sentences

The Indeed website warns: “During the holiday season, scammers might also seek gift wrappers. In this variation of the reshipping scam, you’d receive a package at your home, gift wrap it and then reship it.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 9, 2021

It ricocheted, producing so many Amazon orders that Hyperion had to reship hardcovers.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2010

Manufacturers in Rochester could send goods to New York City and reship them to Cincinnati, back through Rochester, for less than the rate direct to their destination.

From The United States Since the Civil War by Lingley, Charles Ramsdell

Going on board, Nat sent for the boatswain and gunners, and informed them that as he was to recommission the Spartane he was anxious to get as many of the hands to reship as possible.

From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

He was ordered to reship the pontoon-boats, destroy trestlings, flat-boats, the railroad bridge, and march in advance of the cavalry.

From From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America by Longstreet, James