constitute
verb (used with object)
to compose; form.
was constituting
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past progressiveof constitute.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The prisoners took some food, when the president of the Commune, which was constituting itself in a neighbouring room, seeing everything calm, also withdrew.
From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.
