encamp

American  

[en-kamp] / ɛnˈkæmp /

verb (used without object)

1. to settle or lodge in a camp.

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verb (used with object)

1. to make into a camp.

2. to lodge or place in a camp.

encamp British  

/ ɪnˈkæmp /

verb

1. to lodge or cause to lodge in a camp

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Other Word Forms

• unencamped adjective

Etymology

Origin of encamp

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

Example Sentences

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

In the Sanayeh Gardens, the public gardens, refugees from bombed-out homes encamp under strange tall trees that bulge at the top.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the first of March we halted to encamp at about the position of the magnetic pole—for no cairn remains to mark the spot.

From In the Arctic Seas A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and his Companions by McClintock, Francis Leopold