encamp

[en-kamp]

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verb (used without object)

to settle or lodge in a camp.

verb (used with object)

to make into a camp.

to lodge or place in a camp.

Origin of encamp

First recorded in 1540–50; en-¹ + camp¹

Related formsun·en·camped, adjective

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Related Words for encamp

quarter, settle, billet, tent, bivouac

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Historical Examples of encamp

It is evening, and as we are weary with our wanderings, we encamp here all night.
The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba
Walter Goodman
When night came on, I did not consider it safe to encamp near the Tibetans.
In the Forbidden Land
Arnold Henry Savage Landor
They encamp before the city, and draw their trenches round the walls.
The Aeneid of Virgil
Virgil
On the eastern side Murray was moving closer, to encamp for the siege.
Fort Amity
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
At the close of the day it was always necessary to run the canoe ashore, to land and encamp.
The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago
John S. C. Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for encamp

encamp

verb

to lodge or cause to lodge in a camp

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Word Origin and History for encamp

1560s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + camp (n.). Related: Encamped; encamping.