Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EN-CAMP'
EN-CAMP', v.i. [from camp.]
- To pitch tents or form huts, as an army; to halt on a march, spread tents and remain for night or for a longer time, as an army or company. They encamped in Etham. Ex. xiii. The Levites shall encamp about the tabernacle. Numb. i.
- To pitch tents for the purpose of a siege; to besiege. Encamp against the city and take it. 2 Sam. xii.
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