Encamp
(verb)
- To set up or establish a camp, especially a temporary one.
- To station troops or other people in a camp or bivouac.
Origin:
From the latin word "in" meaning "in" and "campus" meaning "field" or "open space".
Examples:
- The hikers decided to encamp for the night in a clearing in the woods.
- The army encamped on the outskirts of the city before beginning their attack.
- The scouts encamped on the river bank for the night.
- The nomads encamped on the grassland with their tents and animals.
- The refugees were forced to encamp in a makeshift camp with no sanitation or protection from the elements.