Definition of Reship

1. Verb. Place on a ship again or transfer to another ship. "Reship the cargo"

Generic synonyms: Ship
Derivative terms: Reshipment

Definition of Reship

1. v. t. To ship again; to put on board of a vessel a second time; to send on a second voyage; as, to reship bonded merchandise.

2. v. i. To engage one's self again for service on board of a vessel after having been discharged.

Definition of Reship

1. Verb. To ship something again. ¹

2. Verb. To engage oneself again for service on board a vessel after having been discharged. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reship

1. ship [v -SHIPPED, -SHIPPING, -SHIPS] - See also: ship

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reship

reshift
reshifted
reshifting
reshifts
reshim
reshimmed
reshims
reshine
reshined
reshines
reshingle
reshingled
reshingles
reshingling
reshining
reship (current term)
reshipment
reshipments
reshipped
reshipper
reshippers
reshipping
reships
reshod
reshoe
reshoed
reshoeing
reshoes
reshone
reshook

Literary usage of Reship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana by Louisiana Supreme Court (1858)
"... privilege of reshipment,'1 implied an obligation to reship, if the stage of water in the Red River did not permit the Compromise to prosecute her voyage ..."

2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1891)
"After this, JH Hays was sent by appellees to Sherman to sell or reship the wheat still in the cars, and to sack it for shipment, if this became necessary. ..."

3. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition: During the Years 1838 by Charles Wilkes (1852)
"The character of sailors was oddly exhibited on this occasion; the man who, before arriving, had protested most strenuously that ho would not reship, ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Circuit Court of the United by John McLean (1856)
"These witnesses say, in reference to the obstruction at the falls of the Ohio, the words not only do not import the duty of reship- ping, but that in case ..."

5. Reports of Admiralty Cases: Argued and Adjudged in the District Courts of by John Stoughton Newberry (1885)
"... the boat could not pass up, he was bound to reship, or by some other means insure the prompt delivery of the property to the consignees. ..."

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