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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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
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
Soon after daylight, Malone found himself in the midst of a cavalry company which had encamped there during the night; they were making preparations for departure, and the majority of them were gathering blackberries.
From The Iron Furnace Slavery and Secession by John H. Aughey
I had remarked, in passing, that several caravans had encamped there, and on my return found the camel-drivers assembled in the little coffee-house in which I was to pass the night.
From Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) by John Lloyd Stephens
When McBain and his party, still on Allan’s trail, had encamped for the night, this good dog had stolen away and left them.
From The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure by Gordon Stables
