reprovision

American  

[ree-pruh-vizh-uhn] / ˌri prəˈvɪʒ ən /

verb (used with object)

reprovisioned, reprovisioning

1. to stock or supply again with provisions.

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verb (used without object)

reprovisioned, reprovisioning

1. to be stocked or supplied again with provisions.

noun

• reprovisions
  plural

1. the act of stocking or supplying again with provisions.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• reprovisions
  plural

Example Sentences

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reprovision reprovisioned reprovisioning

"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

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 F.C. Tilney

To do this and to reprovision the ships would not be in violation of the treaty made with Portugal.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Emma Helen Blair

He had intended to reprovision his force at Amelia, and then push straight on.

From Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee by John Esten Cooke

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

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

Your boat has been reprovisioned and provided with fuel.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 by Harry Bates

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

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 sailors and the priests and their converts, remembering that Heaven helps those who help themselves, had sallied out and were reprovisioning themselves and making good their losses.

From Indiscreet Letters From Peking Being the Notes of an Eye-Witness, Which Set Forth in Some Detail, from Day to Day, the Real Story of the Siege and Sack of a Distressed Capital in 1900—The Year of Great Tribulation by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale