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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It contained an old friend of his father’s, Captain Summers, who had come to spend a few days at the tower while his ship was refitting.
From Washed Ashore The Tower of Stormount Bay by William Henry Giles Kingston
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
Yes, Brownrig had been there, and had been told that the ship was refitting in the American port, and would soon be home, but that, was all he had heard.
From Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not by G. H. (George Henry) Edwards
His ship, as I afterward 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
He had lately won his way into the good graces of Lord Reginald, who had obtained leave to take him on a visit to Elverston Hall, while the frigate was refitting at Portsmouth.
From The Rival Crusoes by William Henry Giles Kingston
