Verb (used without object) : We decamped before the rain began. ,The band of thieves decamped in the night. From Dictionary.com.
Hence a rapid decampment to Grub Up for four fluffballs. From Wordnik.com. [42 entries from July 2007] Reference
There was his family to worry about, and the next, dreaded decampment. From Wordnik.com. [The Curse of the Sevso Silver] Reference
The cause of his inturning was the decampment of the Wahlig of el Aswad. From Wordnik.com. [The Fire In His Hands]
And I was desperately worried about the effect that any future domestic decampment might have on Caitlin. From Wordnik.com. [Temptation] Reference
Record Fair's decampment to Arlington; a chance to gawk at undie-clad runners; and the return of Nerd Nite. From Wordnik.com. [Weekend Update: Step up your cocktail game] Reference
Its ambassador has even returned to Washington after his recent decampment over the Armenian genocide resolution. From Wordnik.com. [John Feffer: U.S. Allies: We Want Space] Reference
In consequence of this decampment, the borrower had withdrawn himself; so that the lender was obliged to have recourse to his security. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle] Reference
On a sudden, a shell burst in the tree-top, rattling down leaves and branches in fine style, and the rapid decampment of the servitors was most amusing. From Wordnik.com. [Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War] Reference
On April 29, when news of Mr. Marra's decampment broke, the May family was within hours of finalizing an 18-month-long restructuring deal with the Century 21 division of Cendant-the world's largest real-estate brokerage franchiser, with more than 13,000 offices and 265,000 sales associates nationwide-that would have expanded the company's reach into new markets on the East Coast and secured its position in New York. From Wordnik.com. [August Brokerage William B. May Mired in Internecine Family Feud] Reference
Its ambassador has even returned to Washington after his recent decampment over the. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
After the forced decampment of Wimbledon to Milton Keynes, we thought, perhaps, "never again". From Wordnik.com. [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference
The first thing you learnt about your decampment to Boston is that you're not actually going to Boston. From Wordnik.com. [Dumbing Up] Reference
With the swift decampment of sponsors, FOX411 has learned that the show could be taken off the air-for good. From Wordnik.com. [FOXNews.com] Reference
This rapid success was largely owing to a serious breach made in the Union line by the decampment of the Third Maryland. From Wordnik.com. [The Campaign of Chancellorsville] Reference
With a Christmas dumping and Valentine decampment, I can hardly wait to see what you concoct for this woman's birthday. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
In a few days after Lincoln's decampment, the British general passed this river, and pressed with vigor upon our posts of Per - rysburg and the Black Swamp, which were succes - sively evacuated. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the war in the Southern department of the United States] Reference
This spontaneous move was hilarious but unfortunately the cameras, for whatever reason, didn't adequately pick it up, so they were forced to film another explanation for their decampment to the other side. From Wordnik.com. [Irish Blogs] Reference
He cited the recent mass decampment of politicians from other political parties into PDP especially leaders of the Action Congress as an indication that Ohakim's return to the PDP is a blessing to the party. From Wordnik.com. [AllAfrica News: Latest] Reference
If he intended to insinuate by this observation, that there was any probability of another decampment, he must say that the allegation was as unworthy of himself as unjust towards the Trustees of the Richmond Academy. From Wordnik.com. [The Beginnings of Public Education in North Carolina; A Documentary History, 1790-1840. Vol. I] Reference
Upon hearing of this, the vigilant Peter, perceiving that a moment's delay were fatal, made a secret and precipitate decampment, though much did it grieve his lofty soul to be obliged to turn his back even upon a nation of foes. From Wordnik.com. [Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete] Reference
Always she was the princess in exile, who in time of famine was to have her breakfast-roll made of the finest-bolted flour from the seven thin ears of wheat, and in a general decampment was to have her silver folk kept out of the baggage. From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Deronda] Reference
The cattle were hastily collected and driven off, while the men, women, and children started after them, each carrying a load of household utensils, elephants 'teeth, and such other property as could be conveniently removed in such a hasty decampment. From Wordnik.com. [The Giraffe Hunters] Reference
The more he conJidcred it, the more bcwitehiog the fcene ap - pearedxe - him; — fo that two £uU houis befmc TRISTRAM SHANDY, Gekt. iij dajr-light, he had come to a final determination, and had concerted the whole plan of his and Cor - poral Trim's decampment. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Laurence Sterne] Reference
You will perceive from my first, that no idea of Mrs.B. 's arrival had disturbed me at the time it was written; not so the present, since the appearance of a note from the illustrious cause of my sudden decampment has driven the 'natural ruby from my cheeks,' and completely blanched my woe-begone countenance. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Lord Byron]
She found him rather slow of comprehension, and she was humiliated by the discovery that not an eyelash of the man was irritated by his wife's decampment; he considered, to all appearances, that some property of his had been stolen, and he intended, quite without passion, to repossess himself of it, after, of course, punishing the thief. From Wordnik.com. [Chivalry] Reference
What's needed, obviously, is a publication that can size up the Gates controversy from an explicitly African-American point of view - by evocatively explaining what it might be like to be targeted by police for something as innocuous as entering your own home, say, or by connecting Gates's arrest to Cornel West's 2002 decampment for Princeton. From Wordnik.com. [Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com] Reference
She found him rather slow of comprehension, and was namelessly humiliated by the discovery that not an eyelash of the man was irritated by his wife's decampment; he considered, to all appearances, that some property of his had been stolen, and he intended, quite without passion, to repossess himself of it, after, of course, punishing the thief. From Wordnik.com. [Chivalry] Reference
Corporal Trim's decampment. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction] Reference
Corporal Trim’s decampment. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman] Reference
Crows -- Meeting of comrades -- A trapper entrapped -- Crow pleasantry -- Crow spies -- A decampment -- Return to Green River valley -- Meeting with Fitzpatrick's party -- Their adventures among the Crows -- Orthodox Crows. From Wordnik.com. [The adventures of Captain Bonneville] Reference
Tracking a party -- Deserted camps -- Symptoms of Crows -- Meeting of comrades -- A trapper entrapped -- Crow pleasantry -- Crow spies -- A decampment -- Return to Green River valley -- Meeting with Fitzpatrick's party -- Their adventures among the Crows. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West] Reference
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