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Decamp
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.