reconstitute
verb (used with object)
to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
were reconstituting
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past progressiveof reconstitute.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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After being embarrassed in cities like Tikrit and Mosul — where two army divisions dropped their weapons and fled as the insurgents advanced — Hashim said Iraqi security forces were reconstituting themselves in key locations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2014
Army and Navy, meanwhile, were reconstituting mechanisms from the Nazis' V-1 guided missiles, which had wrought such tremendous damage on England in the waning months of the European war.
From Time Magazine Archive
All the giants were reconstituting their lost parts.
From The Giants From Outer Space by Geoff St. Reynard
