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

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for revictual

• victual
• conflictual