encamp
verb (used without object)
to settle or lodge in a camp.
had encamped
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past perfectof encamp.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The fact that his people were already in arms and the still more ominous fact that the Rutulian Army had encamped before his gates were too much for King Latinus.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
About a month later, she started serving as a scout for Colonel James Montgomery, who had encamped at Port Royal with the first detachment of the Second South Carolina Volunteers, also composed of ex-slaves.
From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry
One recalled when first at Wimereux that here the great Napoleon had encamped with his grand army, the same as was to cross the Channel to defiant isles and make a conquest of them.
From The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer by Henry Leach
Wherever they had encamped we found the print of a woman’s shoe, and we concluded that they had with them some white captive.
From The Aventures of Buffalo Bill by Col. William F. Cody
Here we found some 80 natives, men, women, and children, who had encamped on a hill outside the village.
