reship

[ ree-ship ]

/ riˈʃɪp /

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verb (used with object), re·shipped, re·ship·ping.

to ship again.

to transfer from one ship to another.

verb (used without object), re·shipped, re·ship·ping.

to go on a ship again.

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

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Origin of reship

First recorded in 1645–55; re- + ship¹

OTHER WORDS FROM reship

re·ship·ment, noun

Words nearby reship

resettlement, res gestae, resh, reshape, Reshevsky, reship, reshore, Resht, reshuffle, reside, residence

How to use reship in a sentence

It was easier and cheaper to buy the German-made product and reship it than to produce the same article at home.
The War After the War|Isaac Frederick Marcosson
The Danube steamers are not unfrequently obliged to stop at Drenkova and reship their passengers into smaller boats.
Round About the Carpathians|Andrew F. Crosse
It was considered an advantage to reship cotton because moving it from one boat to another knocked the mud off the bales.
American Adventures|Julian Street
These grain elevators are really huge tanks where the grain is stored and kept dry until time to reship it.
Great Cities of the United States|Gertrude Van Duyn Southworth

I had taken passage on one of the regular steamers from Manila to Hong Kong, and was to reship from there.
Anting-Anting Stories|Sargent Kayme