| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Of Decamp.[Websters]
2. To have escaped, scooted, skedaddled, swerved or lammed. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To have skipped or absconded. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To have deserted or eloped. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To have leafed or immigrated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To have migrated or emigrated. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To have evaded or shunned. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To have slipped, removed or kidnapped. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To have moved or pulled. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. To have lifted or relieved.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Past Tense | 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb decamp.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (decamp) | 1. Leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn".[Wordnet]. 2. Run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along.[Wordnet]. 3. Leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp".[Wordnet]. 4. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.[Websters]. 5. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly.[Websters]. 6. Base verb from the following inflections: decamping, decamped, decamps, decamper, decampers, decampingly and decampedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DECAMPED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1535. (references) |
Specialty Definition: decamp
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To remove or depart from a camp; to march off; as, the army decamped at six o'clock.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Geography | Decamp is geographically located in Haiti. Its features include a populated place (a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work). Its geographic coordinates are 18.266667 degrees North latitude and 72.583333 degrees West longitude. (references) | ||
| Literature | Decamp He decamped in the middle of the night. Left without paying his debts. A military term from the Latin de-campus (from the field); French, décamper, to march away. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Intransitive verb] To break up camp and move on. (references) | 2: [Intransitive verb] To disappear suddenly and secretly. (references) | |
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Common Expressions: decamp
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Caroline Middleton DeCamp | Caroline Middleton Decamp Benn (13 October 1926 - 22 November 2000) was an educationalist and writer, and wife of British Labour politician, Tony Benn. (references) | ||
| Joseph DeCamp | Joseph Rodefer DeCamp (November 5, 1858 - February 11, 1923) was an American painter. (references) | ||
| Rosemary DeCamp | Rosemary DeCamp (November 14, 1910-February 20, 2001) was a television and movie actress. She made her film debut in 1941 and appeared in many Warner Bros. films including Eyes in the Night (1942) and Nora Prentiss (1947). She also played Marlo Thomas' mother in "That Girl" in the 1960s. (references) | ||
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