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
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
Cervera's sailors had hitherto been employed in the defense of the city, but with the arrival of the reinforcements under Escario he found it possible to reman his fleet.
From The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power by Fish, Carl Russell
Since the miners struck, operators have remanned their mines with non-union labor.
From Time Magazine Archive
The strong companies remanned their mines with non-union men.
From Time Magazine Archive
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 Masefield, John
And with our rigging all shot away we had to lay by and look at them as they brought to, remanned their own shattered ship, and took her in tow.
From Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow by Strang, Herbert
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
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 Kemble, Fanny
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 Marryat, Frederick
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