encamps

present tense third-person singular of encamp
1
as in camps (out)
to live in a camp or the outdoors the hike will take several days, and we plan to encamp along the trail

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as in houses
to provide with living quarters or shelter as the hurricane raged outside, the stranded tourists were encamped overnight in the high school gym

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  • Remove firewood, bricks, boards, tarps, or vegetation up against the house, which shelters insects that provide food for spiders, says Gray.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
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“Encamps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/encamps. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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