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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 De·camp v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decamped p. pr. & vb. n. Decamping.]
 1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly.
 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.