Encamped
[in'kæmpt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Encamp
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Examples
- We have found traces which show that a party of gypsies encamped on Monday night within a mile of the spot where the murder took place. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- The venerable inhabitants of that venerable pile seemed, in those times, to be encamped there like a sort of civilised gipsies. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The evening of the 9th the army was encamped on its old ground near the Fort, and the garrison was relieved. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the 19th General Taylor, with is army, was encamped at Walnut Springs, within three miles of Monterey. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They are going to be encamped near Brighton; and I do so want papa to take us all there for the summer! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Harris had been encamped in a creek bottom for the sake of being near water. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It started from Venice (1202), captured Zara, encamped at Constantinople (1203), and finally, in 1204, stormed the city. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They discharged a few arrows, and at last encamped to argue about this amazing outrage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We are in Syria, now, encamped in the mountains of Lebanon. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- There was one regiment encamped by the side of mine. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Among them the Greek army was encamped, and their squadrons moved to and fro--now in regular march, now in swift career. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- For a week I and my people waited, encamped on the borders of a desert. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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