单词 | discamp |
释义 | discampv. Chiefly Military (now rare). a. transitive. To cause (an army) to strike camp; esp. to force (an enemy army) to abandon a camp. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > make victorious [verb (transitive)] > put to flight to bring or do on (usually a, o) flighta1225 fleya1225 forchasea1400 ruse?a1425 skailc1425 dislodgea1450 to put to (the) flight (or upon the flight)1489 to turn to or into flight1526 discamp1566 flightc1571 dissipate1596 to put to (a, the) rout1596 dissipe1597 rout1600 disrout1626 derout1637 to beat off1650 to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1743 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > pitch (tent or camp) [verb (transitive)] > break up or clear of tents untelda1400 levy1542 discamp1566 untent1609 strike1707 1566 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure I. xlvi. f. 261 King Edward..was aduertized, that the Scottes were discamped, and fled agayne into Scotland. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 25 No enemie put he ever to flight, but he discamped him and draue him out of the field [L. quin castris quoque exueret]. 1658 J. Coles tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Preludia: 7th Pt. vii. 140 He discamped his Army, and marched to meet Ariamenes. b. transitive. To remove or abandon (a camp). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > quarter (troops) [verb (transitive)] > encamp > cause to break camp discamp1574 decamp1684 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 433 I commaund you to leaue your armour, to discampe your campe [Sp. desagáis el campo]. 2. intransitive. To break up or remove a camp; to depart from a place of encampment; to decamp. Also in extended use: to leave promptly or suddenly. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > camp or encamp [verb (intransitive)] > break up camp discamp1575 to pull up one's stumps1647 decamp1678 1575 T. Newton tr. C. A. Curione Notable Hist. Saracens ii. f. 48 Childebrand lodging his camp nerer to the citie, gaue assault therevnto: whom Atine not onely repulsed but also enforced to discampe & remoue his Armye furder of [L. quem Atinus non modò repulit, uerumetiam castra procul ab urbe remouere coegit]. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin v. 288 After which accident..they discamped [Fr. partirent, It. si partirono] secretly to goe to Quiercy. 1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 57 Fidelity, Fortitude, and Vigilancie, must needs discamp, if Mammona give the word. 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxxvii. 311 He was about discamping. 1734 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. I. 199 The Stench of his putrify'd Carcase..obliged the Roman Army to discamp. 1771 T. Smollett Humphry Clinker I. 473 The house-maid vows, she'll put cowitch in master's bed, if so be he don't discamp without furder ado. 1855 T. S. Henderson Olga v. 149 Consent the Drevlians readily vouchsafed..And watched to see the hostile bands discamp. 2009 Y. Chiuco Art & War 6 Berber babies With the freedom to discamp. DerivativesΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > [noun] > leaving encampment discamping1579 decamping1689 decampment1706 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ii. 109 The king departed with his armie before day, without sownd of trompets to couer his discamping as much as he could. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Descampement, a discamping. 1680 Don Tomazo 176 The Dutch taking the Opportunity of the discamping and long march of the French, presently surrounded Charleroy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1566 |
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