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Synonyms for encamp

Grammar : Verb
Spell : en-kamp
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈkæmp

Définition of encamp

Origin :
  • 1560s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + camp (n.). Related: Encamped; encamping.
  • verb make camp
Example sentences :
  • It is evening, and as we are weary with our wanderings, we encamp here all night.
  • Extract from : « The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba » by Walter Goodman
  • When night came on, I did not consider it safe to encamp near the Tibetans.
  • Extract from : « In the Forbidden Land » by Arnold Henry Savage Landor
  • They encamp before the city, and draw their trenches round the walls.
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
  • On the eastern side Murray was moving closer, to encamp for the siege.
  • Extract from : « Fort Amity » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • At the close of the day it was always necessary to run the canoe ashore, to land and encamp.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • They generally, as a measure of protection against their enemies, endeavored to encamp upon the point of an island.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • He returned to encamp in a dense cane-brake, where no foe could approach without giving warning.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • As they were preparing to encamp in the shelter of a grove, they heard voices, and soon beheld fifteen Indians approaching.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • It was nearly sundown, and I concluded that they intended to encamp for the night.
  • Extract from : « Field and Forest » by Oliver Optic
  • When night came I did not consider it safe to encamp near the Tibetans.
  • Extract from : « An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet » by A. Henry Savage Landor

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