unite
verb (used with object)
to join, combine, or incorporate so as to form a single whole or unit.
had been uniting
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past perfect progressiveof unite.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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So the wedding was performed as simply as if Miss Lovel had been uniting her fortunes with those of some fledgling of the curate species.
From The Lovels of Arden by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
