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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. leave a camp;
- Example: "The hikers decamped before dawn"
[syn: decamp, break camp]

2. run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along;
- Example: "The thief made off with our silver"
- Example: "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe"
[syn: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off]

3. leave suddenly;
- Example: "She persuaded him to decamp"
- Example: "skip town"
[syn: decamp, skip, vamoose]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly. [1913 Webster] The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

decamp v 1: leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn" [syn: decamp, break camp] 2: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along; "The thief made off with our silver"; "the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe" [syn: abscond, bolt, absquatulate, decamp, run off, go off, make off] 3: leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town" [syn: decamp, skip, vamoose]