encamp
Americanverb (used without object)
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encamps,
present (3rd person singular)
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encamped,
past participle, past
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encamping
present participle
verb
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Present
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encampsimple
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encampssimple
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have encampedperfect
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has encampedperfect
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am encampingprogressive
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are encampingprogressive
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is encampingprogressive
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have been encampingperfect progressive
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has been encampingperfect progressive
Past
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encampedsimple
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had encampedperfect
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was encampingprogressive
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were encampingprogressive
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had been encampingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of encamp
Vocabulary lists containing encamp
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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
We were obliged to go on some time after dark, not being able to find a spot large enough to encamp on.
From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Thomas Bulfinch
Every four years, news organizations commit millions of dollars to the care and feeding of the journalistic army — 15,000 strong this time around — that encamps in the two host cities.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2012
When a battalion marches into some remote, Ultima Thulish town and encamps for a few days or months, the soldiers practice shoe making, tinsmithing, weaving, carpentering and all manner of simple crafts.
From Time Magazine Archive
It offers enemy nuclear missiles no good targets, encamps no unit bigger than a battalion in a single area.
From Time Magazine Archive
He encamps with the rest of his force near Hostilia on the Tartaro.
From Tacitus: The Histories, Volumes I and II by W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Fyfe
Several hamlets appear scattered about, which are comprised in the general name of Kholeys; the largest is called Es-Souk, or the market- place, near which the Hadj encamps.
From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by John Lewis Burckhardt
Exeter had Woodburn yellow-carded for a deliberate knock-on five minutes later as Leicester encamped themselves deep in the visitors' red zone.
From BBC ● May 31, 2026
One executive still firmly encamped at Apple is Cook.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
They listened to their encamped students and agreed to some of their demands.
From Salon ● May 23, 2024
Those who are encamped cannot be cited, either.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 10, 2024
Regiments of Redcoats parading through the Streets & still encamped upon the Common; Officers fishing offi Balconies above the Water; Ladies in wide Windows, applying Lineament to each other’s Elbows; &c; the Stuffi of Nothing.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Leaving the gap, the division marched that afternoon six miles, joining the Potomac army at night, encamping in a field.
From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by J. Newton Terrill
The party returned after one night's encamping, the sledge having broken, and the tent and luggage being left behind.
From North-Pole Voyages by Zachariah Atwell Mudge
At 10 o'clock the regiment marched up a hill about one mile, encamping in an orchard, remaining ten days; doing guard duty, picket and drilling, expecting daily orders to move.
From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by J. Newton Terrill
They had, therefore, come down to the Little Bow country with this determination, and encamping there waited for accurate information as to the strength and location of their enemies.
From The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west by John Maclean
But five miles were made on the 19th, as the troops were waiting for supplies, passing through Snickersville, near Snicker's Gap, and encamping in a field.
From Campaign of the Fourteenth Regiment New Jersey Volunteers by J. Newton Terrill
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