reeve
noun
an administrative officer of a town or district.
was reeving
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past progressiveof reeve.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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While the Indefatigable was reeving fresh braces, the other frigates came up, having been enabled to make a shorter distance by the altered course of the combatants during the chase.
From The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth by Edward Osler
