repossess
verb (used with object)
to regain ownership of; to take back, especially for failure to make due payment.
was repossessing
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past progressiveof repossess.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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At noon he morbidly expended his lunch-dime on an 'Yvonne Rupert' cigar, and smoked it with a semi-insane feeling that he was repossessing his Gittel.
From Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill
