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discamping

discamping is the present participle and gerund of discamp.

Meaning of discamp

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

Questions about discamping

What is discamping the present participle and gerund of?
Discamping is the present participle and gerund of discamp.

Words near discamping in the dictionary

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

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