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# encamp

«encamp» in Mova's school dictionary: **to set up tents or a camp in the open and stay there for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (encamps, encamped, encamping)

### meaning for a pupil

To encamp is to set up tents or a camp in the open and stay there for a time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encamp/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

soldiers, knights or travellers stop for the night and pitch their tents

### examples

- The soldiers encamped by the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encamp/#x1)
- We encamped under the stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encamp/#x2)
- The knights encamped where they stood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encamp/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And Isaac departed thence, and encamped in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.750/)
- [And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.382/)
- [And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.253/)
- [Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.310/)
- [Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.334/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «encamp» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/encamp/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.