incamp
incamp is the archaic form of encamp.
Meaning of encamp
Verb
encamp (third-person singular simple present encamps, present participle encamping, simple past and past participle encamped)
- To establish a camp or temporary shelter.
- We spent half an hour on the summit before returning to our camp, where we stuffed the frozen tent and all the gear into our packs and started the long descent of the southwest ridge to rejoin Harish and others who were still encamped on the col at the foot of it.1999, Harish Kapadia, “Ascents in the Panch Chuli Group”, in Across Peaks & Passes in Kumaun Himalaya, New Delhi: Indus Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 136
- To form into a camp.
- England were encamped in San Marino territory for the entire game and the only disappointment for manager Gareth Southgate will be the fact their finishing was very poor.2021 March 25, Phil McNulty, “England 5-0 San Marino”, in BBC Sport
Forms of incamp
| third-person singular present | incamps |
|---|---|
| present participle | incamping |
| past participle | incamped |
| past | incamped |
Questions about incamp
- What is incamp the archaic form of?
- Incamp is the archaic form of encamp.
Words near incamp in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: incamp (page history and authors); encamp (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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