revictual
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[edit]revictual (third-person singular simple present revictuals, present participle revictualing or revictualling, simple past and past participle revictualed or revictualled)
- (transitive) To supply with fresh provisions.
- 1888, “Convention of Constantinople”, in The, Article 4:
- Vessels of war of belligerents shall not revictual or take in stores in the Canal and its ports of access […]
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 1053:
- When it was proposed that it should be revictualled on the same system as Belgium, Nicholas objected.
- 1995, Tom Stoppard, Indian Ink, I.i:
- […] stopping now and again to be revictualled through the window with pots of tea and proper meals […]