refit
verb (used with object)
to fit, prepare, or equip again.
was refitting
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past progressiveof refit.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 keeper, on this, entered the cage and led the animal to the upper part of it, while the lower was refitting.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
Transactions while the Ship was refitting in Endeavour River: A Description of the adjacent Country, its Inhabitants and Productions.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13 by Robert Kerr
He was refitting after a storm in the Sardinian harbour of St. Pietro, when the reinforcements hove in sight.
From The Battle and the Breeze by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
I had no time to read our papers whilst I was refitting, but I gathered the news after we got under way.
From Danger! and Other Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
His ship, as I afterwards found out, had not been paid off, but he had obtained a fortnight’s leave of absence, while she was refitting.
From Poor Jack by Frederick Marryat
