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单词 revent
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reventv.1

Forms: 1600s reuent.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, vent v.3
Etymology: < re- prefix + vent v.3 Compare later revend v.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To sell again; to sell on.
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society > trade and finance > selling > sell [verb (transitive)] > resell
regrate1507
resell1574
to sell over1596
reventa1625
revenda1683
a1625 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 23 Their Pickled Pilchardes..are..from the coaste reuented to their great profit in the Inland Townes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

reventv.2

Brit. /ˌriːˈvɛnt/, U.S. /riˈvɛnt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, vent v.2
Etymology: < re- prefix + vent v.2 Compare earlier reventing n.
1. transitive. To provide (a cannon) with a new vent (vent n.2 11d). Now historical.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > produce or develop arms [verb (transitive)] > processes in gun-making
stock1539
ranforce1547
newel1611
rifle1619
fortify1627
screw1635
chamber1708
reborea1792
flint1803
restocking1805
vent1828
percussionize1832
ream1841
percussion1844
restock1844
retube1846
revent1864
reline1875
sleeve1976
1864 Daily Tel. 18 May 5/6 It was found necessary to re-vent the shunt gun.
1877 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. 20 473 The recent firing of fifty rounds, at Shoeburyness, in one day, and then re-venting the gun, is set down as a great success.
1880 Times 27 Dec. 9/2 The whole of the guns may have to be..sent to Woolwich to be re-vented.
1936 Calif. Hist. Soc. Q. 15 59 The remark that he had but one cannon and that it had been revented.
2. transitive. Plumbing. To provide with a new vent pipe.
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1901 R. Hunter Tenement Conditions in Chicago v. 102 Sinks trapped, but not revented.
1953 Domest. Engin. July 103/2 Where there is a closet along a horizontal line with a closet above or beyond more than four (4) feet from the vertical stack and not over sixteen (16) feet, it shall be revented with a two (2) inch pipe.
1995 Boston Globe (Nexis) 14 Sept. a1 Formica installation, maybe new faucets, general sink plumbing, another plumber's fee for removing a radiator from the main room, yet more hours for reventing the gas stove.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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