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单词 revictual
释义

revictual

verb

re·​vict·​ual (ˌ)rē-ˈvi-tᵊl How to pronounce revictual (audio)
revictualed or revictualled; revictualing or revictualling
1
transitive : to supply (someone or something) with a fresh stock of provisions
Officers who bought oxen … to revictual the fleet were allowed to sell the hides after the animals had been slaughtered. Peter McCormick
2
intransitive : to obtain a fresh stock of provisions
Small, slow ships plodded out to Cape Town; revictualled there and plodded on to Australia. Don Charlwood

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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