reman
Americanverb (used with object)
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to man again; furnish with a fresh supply of personnel.
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to restore the manliness or courage of.
Etymology
Origin of reman
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Mora was one of the few fighters to reman in his hometown after the struggle, tending to his lime groves.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023
Brown was allowed to reman free pending trial, with bond set at $50,000.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2021
Whatever the results, Hart will reman a dark horse: frisky and promising, but not getting much play from the smart money "Gary is still a long shot," says Henkel.
From Time Magazine Archive
Presumably most of their ships were within Britain's power to hold and reman, if the personnel withdrew to save their relatives at home from punishment.
From Time Magazine Archive
For obstinate eczema of the hands the following formula is given as very efficacious: R. Lithargyri 10.0; coq.c. aceti, 30.0; ad reman.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 384, May 12, 1883 by Various
The strong companies remanned their mines with non-union men.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since the miners struck, operators have remanned their mines with non-union labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The Danes fought heroically, their floating batteries being remanned over and over again from the shore.
From How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by William Henry Giles Kingston
He at once remanned the four prizes, and sent them out, with orders to scour the seas till they found her.
From On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. by John Masefield
The men remained about half an hour on board, and as they were remanning their boat we saw a whole cargo of eatables carried to it from our steerage passengers.
From Records of a Girlhood by Fanny Kemble
When the Windsor Castle touched at St. Helena, Newton had the good fortune to obtain a supply of able seamen, more than sufficient for the remanning of his ship.
From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Frederick Marryat
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