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/ɪnˈkamp/, /ɛnˈkamp/, /ɪŋˈkamp/, /ɛŋˈkamp/, U.S. /ᵻnˈkæmp/, /ɛnˈkæmp/ 1. † b. reflexive. Obsolete.
a. transitive. In military sense: To form into a camp; to settle or lodge in a camp.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > quarter (troops) [verb (transitive)] > encamp
lodge?c1225
encamp1569
to set downa1616
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 618 He encamped his armye very stronglye, both with trenches and artillery.
1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus v. ii. 126 Bid him encampe his Souldiers where they are. View more context for this quotation
1640 E. Dacres tr. N. Machiavelli Prince 83 It is almost impossible that an army can lye incampt before a towne for the space of a whole yeere.
1727 A. Pope et al. Περι Βαθους: Art of Sinking 66 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. The Almighty encamping his Regiments.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xiii. 271 There were large parties of them incamped in the woods.
1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. vi. 55 The terrible soldiery were encamped in the Prato.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > take up quarters [verb (reflexive)] > encamp
encamp1549
leaguer1629
1549 J. Cheke Hurt of Sedicion sig. B4v Ye haue..encamped youre selfe in fielde.
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet ii. ii. 27 Two such opposed foes incampe them still. View more context for this quotation
c. intransitive for reflexive.
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society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > take up quarters [verb (intransitive)] > encamp
camp1543
encamp1579
leaguer1629
laager1879
harbour1935
1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iii. 148 The french men went to incampe in the woode of Nicoronata.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. ii. 76 What is the king incampt?
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 171 The young emperour..encamped in the same place where he before lay.
1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. I. vii. 500 The nobles encamped at St. Ninian's.
1858 C. Knight Pop. Hist. Eng. IV. 394 The Earl of Feversham..encamped on this morass [Sedgmoor].
2. transferred (intransitive and passive). To lodge in the open in tents or other portable or improvised habitations.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > camp or encamp [verb (intransitive)]
wickc897
lodge13..
telda1325
pitch1535
camp1611
to set downa1616
decamp1698
encamp1725
to camp out1748
outspan1801
tent1856
laager1879
tarpaulin1891
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 90 We follow'd up the Stream..encamping every Night.
1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 191 De la Condamine..was encamped months on the volcanos of Peru.
1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh 170 The place where they encamped..was the first delightful spot they had come to.
1855 R. W. Emerson Tantalus in Wks. (1906) III. 321 We are encamped in nature, not domesticated.
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