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discamp

discamp verb: to drive away from a camp.

Verb

discamp (third-person singular simple present discamps, present participle discamping, simple past and past participle discamped)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To drive away from a camp.
    • No enemie put he ever to flight, but he discamped him and draue him out of the field.1606, Philemon Holland, De Vita Caesarum, translation of original by Suetonius

Forms of discamp

third-person singular presentdiscamps
present participlediscamping
past participlediscamped
pastdiscamped

Origin of discamp

See decamp and dis-.

Questions about discamp

What does discamp mean?
Discamp means to drive away from a camp.
What part of speech is discamp?
Discamp is a verb.
What is the past tense of discamp?
The past tense of discamp is discamped.

Words near discamp in the dictionary

  1. discalceates
  2. discalceating
  3. discalceation
  4. discalced
  5. discals
  6. discamp
  7. discamped
  8. discamping
  9. discamps
  10. discandied
  11. discandies

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