01 v. i. To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts,…
imp. & p. p.
Encamped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Encamping
-
1.
To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.“The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.” — 1 Chron. xi. 15.