refit
verb (used with object)
to fit, prepare, or equip again.
had refitted
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past perfectof refit.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In 1936, her efforts revealed that the Japanese had refitted a battleship that now could travel in excess of 26 knots.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2017
From the Tokyo radio last week, the United Nations, already aware that the Japanese had refitted Singapore, heard details of their rebuilding farther south.
From Time Magazine Archive
We had refitted, and been four days at sea, on our voyage to Jamaica, when the gun-room officers gave our mess a blow out.
The ship remained at Gibraltar Bay about three weeks, during which time we had refitted the rigging fore and aft, restowed and cleaned the hold, and painted the outside.
From Peter Simple by Frederick Marryat
After we had refitted we sailed for Honduras, the Admiral first taking from me the master, without appointing another, for which I did not thank him.
From A Sailor of King George by A. Beckford Bevan
