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单词 reprovision
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reprovisionv.

Brit. /ˌriːprəˈvɪʒn/, U.S. /ˌriprəˈvɪʒ(ə)n/, /ˌriproʊˈvɪʒ(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, provision v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + provision v.
1. transitive. To supply with fresh provisions or stocks, esp. of food.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feed or nourish [verb (transitive)] > supply with provisions > supply with fresh provisions
revictual?1473
reprovision1822
1822 Leeds Mercury 9 Nov. Cardona, if not re-provisioned, must shortly fall.
1823 tr. E.-A.-D. de Las Cases Memorial de Sainte Hélène II. iii. 177 If..the principal attack should be defeated, and the second corps should succeed, the siege of Mantua would equally be raised, and the place re-provisioned.
1892 Eng. Hist. Rev. 7 242 The magistrates had to reprovision the town to save the population from starvation.
1944 W. H. Hebert Fighting Joe Hooker x. 154 Hooker reprovisioned his new command and prepared for action.
1999 R. Tremain Music & Silence (2000) ii. 254 It had sailed out of the Horsens Fjord,..carrying letters and packages as far as Copenhagen, where it would be reprovisioned for the first leg of its voyage.
2. intransitive. To supply oneself with provisions again, to lay in fresh provisions.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > supply with food [verb (intransitive)] > supply with provisions > obtain provisions > obtain fresh provisions
revictual?1583
reprovision1838
1838 C. R. Scott Excursions Mountains Ronda & Granada I. ii. 32 Gibraltar..affords a secure port at which her [sc. Great Britain's] ships can refit, reprovision, &c.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 30 June 7/1 Ships of war..will not be able in the Canal..to revictual or reprovision.
1930 Geogr. Rev. 20 378 It had been arranged..that the Scoresby should return to the Falkland Islands, reprovision and refuel.
2006 J. McCallum Leonard Wood v. 78 The convoy recoaled, rewatered, reprovisioned, and resailed.

Derivatives

reproˈvisioning n.
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1851 Daily News 21 Oct. 5/2 A re-provisioning of forts having during this week been effected, there is cause for gratulation on that point.
1895 Daily News 21 Oct. 5/7 Porters..are effecting the re-provisioning of the town.
1999 Community Care 6 May 43/1 (advt.) A rigorous reprovisioning of Residential Services for the Elderly is taking place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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