Definition of encamp Encamp

/ɪnkæˈmp/ - [inkatmp] - en•camp

We found 7 definitions of encamp from 6 different sources.

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What does encamp mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

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"
  camp, camp out, bivouac, tent
  populate, inhabit, dwell, live fill with inhabitants; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • encamp (Verb)
    To build and/or inhabit a camp or temporary shelter.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • encamp (v. i.)
    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.
  • encamp (v. t.)
    To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • encamp
    en-kamp′, v.t. to form into a camp.—v.i. to pitch tents: to halt on a march.—n. Encamp′ment, the act of encamping: the place where an army or company is encamped: a camp

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • encamp
    To form and occupy a camp; to halt on a march, spread tents, and remain for a night or for a longer time; as, an army or company.

Part of speech

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  • encamp, verb, present, 1st person singular of encamp (infinitive).
  • encamp, verb (infinitive).

Pronunciation

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