accampare

Italian

Etymology

a- +‎ campo +‎ -are

Pronunciation

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

Verb

accampare

1. (transitive) to encamp
   • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Purgatorio [The Divine Comedy: Purgatory] (paperback), Bompiani, published 2001, Canto VIII, pages 117–118, lines 76–81:

     Per lei assai di lieve si comprende ¶ quanto in femmina foco d’amor dura, ¶ se l’occhio o ’l tatto spesso non l’accende. ¶ Non le farà sì bella sepultura ¶ la vipera che Melanesi accampa, ¶ com’ avria fatto il gallo di Gallura

     Through her full easily is comprehended how long in woman lasts the fire of love, if eye or touch do not relight it often. So fair a hatchment will not make for her the Viper which encamps the Milanese, as would have made Gallura's Cock.

2. (transitive, figurative) to assert, advance, put forward (a proposition, etc.)
3. (intransitive, literary) to stand out

Derived terms

• accampamento
• accamparsi

Descendants

• → Portuguese: acampar
• → Spanish: acampar

Anagrams

• accamperà

References

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