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decamp
(mass) | decamp
- zmiznúť |
decamp
(encz) | decamp,zmizet v: Zdeněk Brož |
Decamp
(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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decamp
(wn) | decamp
v 1: leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" [syn:
decamp, break camp]
2: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody
along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant
absconded with the cash from the safe" [syn: abscond,
bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, {make
off}]
3: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
[syn: decamp, skip, vamoose] |
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decampment
(encz) | decampment,zmizení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Aid-de-camp
(gcide) | Aid-de-camp \Aid"-de-camp`\, n.; pl. Aids-de-camp. . [F. aide
de camp (literally) camp assistant.] (Mil.)
An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to
assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing
movements.
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Aids-de-camp
(gcide) | Aid-de-camp \Aid"-de-camp`\, n.; pl. Aids-de-camp. . [F. aide
de camp (literally) camp assistant.] (Mil.)
An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to
assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing
movements.
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Decamp
(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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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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Decamping
(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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Decampment
(gcide) | Decampment \De*camp"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]campement.]
Departure from a camp; a marching off.
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decampment
(wn) | decampment
n 1: the act of running away secretly (as to avoid arrest) [syn:
abscondment, decampment]
2: breaking camp |
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