v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Encamped p. pr. & vb. n. Encamping. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

The host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. 1 Chron. xi. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bid him encamp his soldiers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The place where an army or a company is encamped; a camp; tents pitched or huts erected for temporary lodgings. [ 1913 Webster ]

A square of about seven hundred yards was sufficient for the encampment of twenty thousand Romans. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

A green encampment yonder meets the eye. Guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]