refit
verb (used with object)
to fit, prepare, or equip again.
is refitting
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present progressiveof refit (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Instead of a conventional engagement ring, Hagedorn is refitting his grandfather’s antique topaz ring, a cherished family heirloom, for her.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 27, 2017
To comply with this ruling, the Navy is refitting the Vulcan and four other support ships to take on 16 female officers and 375 enlisted women.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whilst the frigate is refitting, I will describe some of our sailors’ frolics on shore.
From A Sailor of King George by Bevan, A. Beckford
I have engaged a passage to New York for your daughter in a pilot-boat that has been out privateering, but has come in here, and is refitting merely to get to New York.
From Famous Americans of Recent Times by Parton, James
