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en·camp

(ĕn-kămp′)

v. en·camped, en·camp·ing, en·camps

v.intr.

To set up camp or live in a camp.

v.tr.

To provide quarters for in a camp: encamp migrant workers near the fields.

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encamp

(ɪnˈkæmp)

to lodge or cause to lodge in a camp

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en•camp

(ɛnˈkæmp)

v.t., v.i.

to lodge or settle in a camp.

[1540–50]

encamp

Past participle: encamped
Gerund: encamping

Imperative
encamp
encamp

Present
I encamp
you encamp
he/she/it encamps
we encamp
you encamp
they encamp

Preterite
I encamped
you encamped
he/she/it encamped
we encamped
you encamped
they encamped

Present Continuous
I am encamping
you are encamping
he/she/it is encamping
we are encamping
you are encamping
they are encamping

Present Perfect
I have encamped
you have encamped
he/she/it has encamped
we have encamped
you have encamped
they have encamped

Past Continuous
I was encamping
you were encamping
he/she/it was encamping
we were encamping
you were encamping
they were encamping

Past Perfect
I had encamped
you had encamped
he/she/it had encamped
we had encamped
you had encamped
they had encamped

Future
I will encamp
you will encamp
he/she/it will encamp
we will encamp
you will encamp
they will encamp

Future Perfect
I will have encamped
you will have encamped
he/she/it will have encamped
we will have encamped
you will have encamped
they will have encamped

Future Continuous
I will be encamping
you will be encamping
he/she/it will be encamping
we will be encamping
you will be encamping
they will be encamping

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been encamping
you have been encamping
he/she/it has been encamping
we have been encamping
you have been encamping
they have been encamping

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been encamping
you will have been encamping
he/she/it will have been encamping
we will have been encamping
you will have been encamping
they will have been encamping

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been encamping
you had been encamping
he/she/it had been encamping
we had been encamping
you had been encamping
they had been encamping

Conditional
I would encamp
you would encamp
he/she/it would encamp
we would encamp
you would encamp
they would encamp

Past Conditional
I would have encamped
you would have encamped
he/she/it would have encamped
we would have encamped
you would have encamped
they would have encamped

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Verb

encamp - live in or as if in a tent; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room"

bivouac, camp, camp out, tent

inhabit, live, populate, dwell - inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"

Translations

accamparsi attendarsi

encamp

[ɪnˈkæmp] VI → acamparse

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

encamp

vi → das Lager aufschlagen

vt where the troops were encamped → wo die Truppen ihr Lager bezogen hatten

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encamp

[ɪnˈkæmp] vi (frm) → accamparsi

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These restless marauders, as has already been observed, are apt to be continually on the prowl about the skirts of the mountains; and even when encamped in some deep and secluded glen, they keep scouts upon the cliffs and promontories, who, unseen themselves, can discern every living thing that moves over the subjacent plains and valleys.

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At the request of the Crow chieftain the two parties encamped together, and passed the residue of the day in company.

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Mahomet, who was in possession of the mountains, being informed by his spies that the Portuguese were but four hundred, encamped in the plain of Ballut, and sent a message to the general that he knew the Abyssins had imposed on the King of Portugal, which, being acquainted with their treachery, he was not surprised at, and that in compassion of the commander's youth, he would give him and his men, if they would return, free passage, and furnish them with necessaries; that he might consult upon the matter, and depend upon his word, reminding him, however, that it was not safe to refuse his offer.