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re·vict·ual | \ (ˌ)rē-ˈvi-tᵊl 
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\revictualed or revictualled; revictualing or revictualling
Definition of revictual
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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