A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
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He visited the island in 1958, skipping his Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduation ceremony to join his wife, who summered there growing up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is particularly beloved in Castel Gandolfo, where he joined a centuries-long list of pontiffs who summered at the papal villa overlooking Lake Alban in the hills south of Rome.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 3, 2023
For generations before then, of course, Native Americans knew it by other names and summered at its cooler altitudes.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2022
The idea for the book dawned in 1994, when the Smiths, a white family who summered on Edisto Beach, asked a friend if he knew someone who could prepare meals for them.
From New York Times ● May 9, 2022
During the summer break from school, the Gobles worked as live-in help for a New York family that summered in Virginias Blue Ridge Mountains.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
