decamp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: decamp	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for decamp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decamp v leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" [syn: decamp, break camp] run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" Synonym(s): abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" Synonym(s): decamp, skip, vamoose
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decamp \De*camp"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Decamped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. {Decamping}.] [F. d[82]camper; pref. d[82]- (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.