Translation of "accidebat" into English

third-person singular imperfect active indicative of accīdō "he (she, it) was beginning to cut into, he (she, it) was beginning to cut through, he (she, it) was felling, he (she, it) was cutting down" "he (she, it) was using up, he (she, it) was consuming, he (she, it) was diminishing" "he (she, it) was impairing, he (she, it) was weakening, he (she, it) was shattering"