encamp

American  

[en-kamp] / ɛnˈkæmp /

verb (used without object)

1. to settle or lodge in a camp.

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verb (used with object)

1. to make into a camp.

2. to lodge or place in a camp.

encamp British  

/ ɪnˈkæmp /

verb

1. to lodge or cause to lodge in a camp

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Other Word Forms

• unencamped adjective

Etymology

Origin of encamp

First recorded in 1540–50; en- ¹ + camp ¹

Example Sentences

Brooke Keast, spokeswoman for the Nevada Department of Corrections, said 19 networks and 120 reporters are expected to encamp outside Lovelock Correctional Center, where he is serving time for robbery and kidnapping convictions in 2008.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2017

Every summer, as part of a Landsbjörg initiative called Safe Travel, rescue teams encamp there for a week at a time to patrol the area and be on hand for the inevitable mishaps.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 9, 2015

They also attract squatters, who sometimes encamp beneath covered patios, he said.

From New York Times • Nov. 12, 2011

The best source of that, experts say, may be for him to encamp on the margins of celebrity: O.J. could sell his story to magazines and tabloids and peddle his autograph at card shows.

From Time Magazine Archive

Darkness overtook him, and he was forced to encamp halfway up the precipitous slope of the valley.

From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.