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Camped
(gcide) | Camp \Camp\ (k[a^]mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Camped (k[a^]mt;
215); p. pr. & vb. n. Camping.]
To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.
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Had our great palace the capacity
To camp this host, we all would sup together. --Shak.
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Decamped
(gcide) | Decamp \De*camp"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decamped (?; 215); p.
pr. & vb. n. Decamping.] [F. d['e]camper; pref. d['e]- (L.
dis) + camp camp. See Camp.]
1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground,
usually by night or secretly. --Macaulay.
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2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used
disparagingly.
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The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house
was once again converted into a tavern. --Goldsmith.
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Encamped
(gcide) | 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.
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The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of
Rephaim. --1 Chron. xi.
15.
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