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decampment

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de⋅camp

  [di-kamp]
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–verb (used without object)
1. to depart from a camp; to pack up equipment and leave a camping ground: We decamped before the rain began.
2. to depart quickly, secretly, or unceremoniously: The band of thieves decamped in the night.
Origin:
1670–80; < F décamper, equiv. to dé- dis- 1 + camper to encamp; see camp 1

Related forms:
de⋅camp⋅ment, noun
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de·camp   (dĭ-kāmp')   
intr.v.   de·camped, de·camp·ing, de·camps

  1. To depart secretly or suddenly.

  2. To depart from a camp or camping ground.


[French décamper, from Old French descamper, to strike camp : des-, de- + camper, to camp (from camp, camp; see camp1).]
de·camp'ment n.
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