revictual

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/ɹiːˈvɪtəl/

verb

To supply with fresh provisions.

OriginEnglish victual ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

verbrevictual (third-person singular simple present revictuals, present participle (US) revictualing or (UK) revictualling, simple past and past participle (US) revictualed or (UK) revictualled)

present singular third person revictuals · US participle present revictualing · UK participle present revictualling · US participle past revictualed · US past revictualed · UK participle past revictualled · UK past revictualled

  1. transitiveTo supply with fresh provisions.

    When it was proposed that it should be revictualled on the same system as Belgium, Nicholas objected.

    1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 1053
    2 more examples

    Vessels of war of belligerents shall not revictual or take in stores in the Canal and its ports of access […]

    1888, “Convention of Constantinople”, in The, Article 4

    […] stopping now and again to be revictualled through the window with pots of tea and proper meals […]

    1995, Tom Stoppard, Indian Ink, I.i

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishvictual
  7. Englishrevictual

From re- + victual.

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APA

revictual. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revictual

MLA

“revictual.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revictual. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revictual,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revictual.

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