encamp
verb /ɪnˈkæmp/
/ɪnˈkæmp/
[intransitive, transitive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they encamp | /ɪnˈkæmp/ /ɪnˈkæmp/ |
| he / she / it encamps | /ɪnˈkæmps/ /ɪnˈkæmps/ |
| past simple encamped | /ɪnˈkæmpt/ /ɪnˈkæmpt/ |
| past participle encamped | /ɪnˈkæmpt/ /ɪnˈkæmpt/ |
| -ing form encamping | /ɪnˈkæmpɪŋ/ /ɪnˈkæmpɪŋ/ |
- if a group of people encamp or are encamped somewhere, they set up a camp or have set up a camp there
- We encamped for the night by the side of a river.
- The royalist army was encamped outside London.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (formerly also as incamp): from en-, in- ‘in, within’ + camp.