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resuˈpply, v.|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
To supply again or anew; to provide with a fresh supply. Also absol., to take on or acquire a fresh supply.
1636G. Sandys Paraphr. Ps. civ, Againe created by thy quick'ning breath, To resupply the Massacres of Death. 1805Southey Madoc ii. xv, Fast they fell, And fast were resupplied, man after man Succeeding to the death. 1862Lytton Str. Story II. 357, I resupplied their nutriment from the crystal vessel. 1880Burton Reign Q. Anne II. ix. 80 What had been expended in the taking of Gibraltar not having been re-supplied. 1977‘J. McVean’ Bloodspoor xiii. 152 We'll have to resupply. We're mobile and there must be wells. Ibid. xviii. 218 They were down to the last few pints but..they'd be able to resupply from one of the tributary streams.
So resupply n.
1875Whitney Life Lang. vi. 98 The growth of organic beings consists in removal as well as in resupply. 1880Bible Soc. Rec. (1883) May 67 A faithful and thorough resupply of the United States..with the Scriptures. |