garrison
/ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/ verb C2- To assign troops to a military post.
- To convert into a military fort.
- To occupy with troops.
He/she/it garrisons · Past garrisoned · Past participle garrisoned · -ing form garrisoning
Verb forms
- Base form
- garrison
- He/she/it
- garrisons
- Past
- garrisoned
- Past participle
- garrisoned
- -ing form
- garrisoning
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The Morrels have been shipowners from father to son; and there was a Morrel who served in the same regiment with me when I was in garrison at Valence.’”
“There are only,” said the gendarme, “a governor, a garrison, turnkeys, and good thick walls.
“I say that Monte Cristo is an island in the midst of the Mediterranean, without inhabitants or garrison, the resort of smugglers of all nations, and pirates of every flag.
If there had been no bolt, it would have been impossible for him to pass through the midst of the garrison who held the catacombs of St.
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