Definition of Decmp
De*camp" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. Decamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb.
n. Decamping.] [F. décamper; pref.
dé- (L. dis) + camp camp. See
Camp.] 1. To break up a camp; to move
away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.
Macaulay.
2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; --
generally used disparagingly.
The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the
house was once again converted into a tavern.
Goldsmith.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- to disappear suddenly and secretly
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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