accampare

Etymology

From a- +‎ campo +‎ -are.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ak.kamˈpa.re/
• Rhymes: -are
• Hyphenation: ac‧cam‧pà‧re

Verb

accampàre (first-person singular present accàmpo, first-person singular past historic accampài, past participle accampàto, auxiliary avére)

1. (transitive, military) to encamp, to gather (an army, etc.) into a camp
   • 1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto VIII”, in Purgatorio [Purgatory]‎, lines 79–81; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate]‎, 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     Non le farà sì bella sepultura
     la vipera che Melanesi accampa,
     com’ avria fatto il gallo di Gallura

     So fair a hatchment will not make for her the Viper which encamps the Milanese, as would have made Gallura's Rooster.

2. (transitive, by extensive) to lodge (e.g. refugees) in a makeshift camp
3. (transitive, figurative) to assert, advance, put forward (a proposition, etc.)
4. (intransitive, literary) to stand out (in a picture, painting or other artistic work) [auxiliary avere]

   Synonym: campeggiare

5. (intransitive, rare, military) to camp, to encamp [auxiliary essere]

Further reading

• accampare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• accamperà