encode
verb (used with object)
to convert (a message, information, etc.) into code.
was encoding
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past progressiveof encode.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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The researchers surmised that the hippocampus was encoding the passage of time during the empty period, bridging the gap between the two phases of the test.
From Science Magazine ● Aug. 24, 2011
