2 definitions found
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['e]camper; pref. d['e]- (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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
decamp
v 1: leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" [syn: {break
camp}]
2: run away usually includes taking something or somebody
along [syn: {abscond}, {bolt}, {absquatulate}, {run off},
{go off}]
3: leave (very informal usage); "skip town" [syn: {skip}, {vamoose}]
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