Reman

//ɹiːˈmæn// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To supply with new personnel.

    "For a short time in the later stages of World War I, one of the 4-6-0s was utilised also on a slow train from Perth to Glasgow, returning with the 1.30 p.m. from Glasgow to Aberdeen, on which it was remanned at Perth; it came back to Perth with the 8 p.m. fish train from Aberdeen."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Clipping of remanufactured. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable

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"For a short time in the later stages of World War I, one of the 4-6-0s was utilised also on a slow train from Perth to Glasgow, returning with the 1.30 p.m. from Glasgow to Aberdeen, on which it was remanned at Perth; it came back to Perth with the 8 p.m. fish train from Aberdeen."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From re- + man.

Etymology 2

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