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
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.
"Where he can reprovision the ship," said Uncle Prudent.
From Robur the Conqueror by Verne, Jules
He was in search of the French fleet, and he wanted the King of Naples to let him reprovision his ships in the Neapolitan harbor.
From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson
I don't suppose you mind my taking any action I may consider necessary to reprovision the fort?'
From Stalky & Co. by Kipling, Rudyard
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
Swept rapidly by the equatorial trades, in a few months Saavedra had traversed the Carolines, reprovisioned on Mindanao, and reached the survivors on Tidor.
From A History of the Philippines by Barrows, David P.
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
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 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
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 first interview had no result, as the Marshal still stipulated for free egress on condition of withdrawing to Algiers, or the alternative of an armistice with the reprovisioning of Metz.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
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