revictual
verb
re·vict·ual
(ˌ)rē-ˈvi-tᵊl
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
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