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encamp
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Encamp \En*camp"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Encamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Encamping.] To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.
The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of
Rephaim.
--1 Chron. xi.
15.
Encamp \En*camp"\, v. t. To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters.
Bid him encamp his soldiers.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. To build and/or inhabit a camp or temporary shelter.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Encamp (, ) is one of the parishes of Andorra, located on the Valira d'Orient river. It is also the name of the main town in the parish. Other settlements include Vila, El Pas de la Casa, Grau Roig, el Tremat, la Mosquera and Les Bons. As of 2004, it has about 11,800 inhabitants. The center of the municipality lies above sea level. The highest mountain in the parish is Pic dels Pessons .
Usage examples of "encamp".
She turned the glasses to the Afghanis encamped below on the football field.
Sir Balan shook his head when told that Arthur of Caerleon was encamped nearby with his army and wished to meet with him.
The rest still continued to blockade the city, encamping in the best manner they could behind the Heights of Abraham, and being still commanded by Arnold.
Rhine, the allies encamping opposite, and occupying Frankfort as their head-quarters.
Nevertheless, they persisted in their design of passing the Danube and encamping at Blenheim.
Those unable to find shelter in one of the friaries, nunneries, public houses, or private homes on either side of the Tweed were obliged to live under canvas, encamped on the common lands that extended out into the surrounding countryside.
That evening they encamped fourteen miles from Granite House, and Cyrus Harding calculated that they could not be more than five miles from Reptile Point.
He encamped that night at Hausen, having detached lieutenant-general Oberg, with eight battalions and six squadrons, to Ottersberg, to which place he marched next day, and encamped behind the Wummer, in a very strong situation, between Ottersberg and Eothenbourg.
They had been anticipated by Gaius Norbanus and Decidius Saxa, who had crossed over into Ionium before Staius reached there, had occupied the whole country as far as Pangaeum, and had encamped near Philippi.
He and Coigns had been assigned away from the Lunn garrison to the infantry forces of Pavan Nils Barrow, now encamped outside the northern coastal city of Thumbre.
Upon another side he found himself weakened by the defection of the mirza Karatcha, who, abandoning him in his misfortune, had drawn away a great part of his troops, and was getting ready to encamp in the country of Lym, near a large lake, above the junction of the Tara with the Irtysh.
The headset read the distinction perfectly and remained encamped on the numismatist site.
Marion crossed the Pedee, and encamped at the Warhees, within five miles of the enemy.
Zembac Pix went forth and fro and by and by caught up with Mal and Mog and Crew where they were encamped on a threshing-floor.
Patten and his grenadiers accompanied the detachment to Oswego, while Bradstreet pursued his voyage to Schenectady, from whence he repaired to Albany, and communicated to general Abercrombie the intelligence he had received from the prisoners, that a large body of the enemy were encamped on the eastern side of the lake Ontario, provided with artillery, and all other implements, to besiege the fort of Oswego.