re-man

English

Verb

re-man (third-person singular simple present re-mans, present participle re-manning, simple past and past participle re-manned)

1. Alternative form of reman
   • 1825, William Goldsmith, The Naval History of Great Britain from the Earliest Period, page 326:

     The French, seeing things in this confusion, brought to, and lay by their own disabled ship, re-manned and took her into tow.

   • 2011, Christopher Priest, The Separation:

     Now back in the UK, based at Tealby Moor, the squadron itself was being re-manned and re-equipped, this time with the Wellington night bomber.

   • 2012, Tom Rosendahl, Integrated Operations in the Oil and Gas Industry, page 213:

     On the Norwegian shelf, where re-manning has been done at higher levels than in many other regions, nearly 50% of Baker Hughes' staff who would traditionally have been offshore can be re-manned during operational peaks – this means they are either in an office onshore, or their responsibilities have been changed.

Anagrams

• Armen-, Erman, Maner, Maren, Marne, Merna, enarm, namer, ramen