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Encamp

To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.

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Dwell 76% connected

To delay; to linger.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inhabit 76% connected

To live or dwell in; to occupy, as a place of settled residence; as, wild beasts inhabit the forest; men inhabit cities and houses.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Live 76% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Populate 76% connected

Populous.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Camp 74% connected

The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Camp 74% connected

The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Camper 74% connected

One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Camper 74% connected

One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Encampment 74% connected

The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Encampment 74% connected

The act of pitching tents or forming huts, as by an army or traveling company, for temporary lodging or rest.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bivouac 92% connected

The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Camp 92% connected

The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tent 92% connected

A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; -- called also tent wine, and tinta.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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