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Definition of encamp:

To form and occupy a camp; to prepare and settle in temporary habitations, as tents or huts; to halt on a march, pitch tents, or form huts, and remain for the night or for a longer time, as an army or a company traveling.
To form into a camp; to place in a temporary habitation, or quarters.

Synonyms:

settle, bivouac, quarter, camp down, camp, tent, camp out.

Usage examples:

Under his name and age, cut deep in the moss- grown stone, were the words: " Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear."

- "Jan and Her Job", L. Allen Harker.
The Court party flattered themselves that, upon the marching of the militia out of Paris, the citizens, being left to themselves, would become more tractable, and the President de Mesmes made his boast of what he said to the generals, to persuade them to encamp their army.

- "The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete", Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz.
At night, when they encamp, the heart of whatever animal has been killed during the day is cut into small pieces and then burnt.

- "The Adventures of Daniel Boone: the Kentucky rifleman", Uncle Philip.