reprovisioning
|re-pro-vi-sion-ing|
/ˌriːprəˈvɪʒənɪŋ/
(reprovision)
provide again
Etymology
'reprovisioning' originates from English prefix 're-' (from Latin) meaning 'again' combined with 'provision' (from Latin via Old French), where 'provision' comes from Latin 'provisio' meaning 'a providing'.
'provision' comes from Latin 'provisio' (from 'providēre' meaning 'to provide'), passed into Old French as 'provision' and into Middle English as 'provision'; 'reprovision' was formed by adding the prefix 're-' to mean 'provide again', and 'reprovisioning' is the gerund/continuous form that developed in Modern English.
Originally related to 'providing beforehand' or 'making provision', the sense broadened to general supplying; 'reprovisioning' specifically evolved to mean 'supplying again' (including technical senses in logistics and IT).
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
the act or process of supplying provisions or resources again; resupplying or restocking after supplies have been used, lost, or disrupted.
Reprovisioning of the remote camps was scheduled once the road reopened.
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Verb 1
to supply or provision again; in computing/IT, to redeploy, reconfigure, or reprovision hardware, virtual machines, containers, or user accounts (often automated).
They are reprovisioning the servers to apply the new security baseline.
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