reprovision
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
noun
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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
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 Masefield, John
Moreover, the herds of wild cattle and droves of wild boars enabled the ships to reprovision without cost.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by Masefield, John
I don't suppose you mind my taking any action I may consider necessary to reprovision the fort?'
From Stalky & Co. by Kipling, Rudyard
Besides, Gaspar is not without hope that something may turn up to reprovision them, ere the sun goes down.
From Gaspar the Gaucho A Story of the Gran Chaco by Tilney, F.C.
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 Stables, Gordon
Your boat has been reprovisioned and provided with fuel.
From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Bates, Harry
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 Robertson, James Alexander
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 Whymper, Edward
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 Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright
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
I anticipate the ship may have some difficulty in reprovisioning the station.
From South with Scott by Mountevans, Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, baron
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 Sue, Eugène
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