memorize
verb (used with object)
to commit to memory; learn by heart.
had been memorizing
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past perfect progressiveof memorize.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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For two long weeks they had been memorizing "The First Snow-Fall," but were not as yet, letter-perfect in the verses.
From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Herman Gastrell Seely
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