encamp
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has encampedperfect 3rd person singular
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have encampedperfect
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have been encampingperfect progressive
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has been encampingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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encampingparticiple
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are encampingprogressive
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is encampingprogressive 3rd person singular
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encampssingular 3rd person
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am encampingprogressive 1st person singular
Past
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had encampedperfect
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encampedparticiple
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were encampingprogressive plural
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had been encampingperfect progressive
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was encampingprogressive singular
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encampedsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of encamp
Vocabulary lists containing encamp
Example Sentences
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Brooke Keast, spokeswoman for the Nevada Department of Corrections, said 19 networks and 120 reporters are expected to encamp outside Lovelock Correctional Center, where he is serving time for robbery and kidnapping convictions in 2008.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2017
Every summer, as part of a Landsbjörg initiative called Safe Travel, rescue teams encamp there for a week at a time to patrol the area and be on hand for the inevitable mishaps.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2015
They also attract squatters, who sometimes encamp beneath covered patios, he said.
From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2011
The best source of that, experts say, may be for him to encamp on the margins of celebrity: O.J. could sell his story to magazines and tabloids and peddle his autograph at card shows.
From Time Magazine Archive
They encamp at no great distance from the village, and divest themselves of their much-prized ornaments, which are carried back by the women, who have followed them for this purpose.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Parkman, Francis
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