ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BIVOUAC
From French bivuac, probably from Swiss German Beiwacht, literally: by + watch.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BIVOUAC
PRESENT
Present
I bivouac
you bivouac
he/she/it bivouacs
we bivouac
you bivouac
they bivouac
Present continuous
I am bivouacing
you are bivouacing
he/she/it is bivouacing
we are bivouacing
you are bivouacing
they are bivouacing
Present perfect
I have bivouaced
you have bivouaced
he/she/it has bivouaced
we have bivouaced
you have bivouaced
they have bivouaced
Present perfect continuous
I have been bivouacing
you have been bivouacing
he/she/it has been bivouacing
we have been bivouacing
you have been bivouacing
they have been bivouacing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I bivouaced
you bivouaced
he/she/it bivouaced
we bivouaced
you bivouaced
they bivouaced
Past continuous
I was bivouacing
you were bivouacing
he/she/it was bivouacing
we were bivouacing
you were bivouacing
they were bivouacing
Past perfect
I had bivouaced
you had bivouaced
he/she/it had bivouaced
we had bivouaced
you had bivouaced
they had bivouaced
Past perfect continuous
I had been bivouacing
you had been bivouacing
he/she/it had been bivouacing
we had been bivouacing
you had been bivouacing
they had been bivouacing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will bivouac
you will bivouac
he/she/it will bivouac
we will bivouac
you will bivouac
they will bivouac
Future continuous
I will be bivouacing
you will be bivouacing
he/she/it will be bivouacing
we will be bivouacing
you will be bivouacing
they will be bivouacing
Future perfect
I will have bivouaced
you will have bivouaced
he/she/it will have bivouaced
we will have bivouaced
you will have bivouaced
they will have bivouaced
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bivouacing
you will have been bivouacing
he/she/it will have been bivouacing
we will have been bivouacing
you will have been bivouacing
they will have been bivouacing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would bivouac
you would bivouac
he/she/it would bivouac
we would bivouac
you would bivouac
they would bivouac
Conditional continuous
I would be bivouacing
you would be bivouacing
he/she/it would be bivouacing
we would be bivouacing
you would be bivouacing
they would be bivouacing
Conditional perfect
I would have bivouac
you would have bivouac
he/she/it would have bivouac
we would have bivouac
you would have bivouac
they would have bivouac
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bivouacing
you would have been bivouacing
he/she/it would have been bivouacing
we would have been bivouacing
you would have been bivouacing
they would have been bivouacing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you bivouac
we let´s bivouac
you bivouac
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Past participle
bivouaced
Present Participle
bivouacing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BIVOUAC»
Discover the use of
bivouac in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
bivouac and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Poetry. "'The noose is sung and to the point / that it pretties and offers succor,' is the dire paradox that opens Laura Solomon's remarkable first collection, BIVOUAC.
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1890. Not illustrated.
John Frederick Finerty,
2009
3
Basil Wilson Duke, CSA: The Right Man in the Right Place
ALMOST CONTEMPORANEOUS WITH the beginning of Duke's new career with
the railroad was the beginning of his involvement with a new magazine called the
Southern Bivouac. The Southern Bivouac's antecedents can be traced back to ...
Lists over 22,400 burial sites where US soldiers were buried during the Civil War and Indian Wars.
5
At the
Bivouac of Memory: History, Politics, and the Battle ...
Reinterpretations of the Civil War current in the 1880s and 1890s often included discussion of the Battle of Chickamauga.
6
The
Bivouac of the Dead and Its Author...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
George Washington Ranck, Theodore O'Hara,
2012
" "This is a portrayal of Jamaica at a tipping point in its recent past, in which the private grief and trauma condenses a whole society's scarcely understood sense of temporariness and dislocation.
The Book of the Bivvy They are the best of nights: they are the worst of nights. Just where are the half a million bivvybags sold in Britain over recent years?
9
On the Move: How and Why Animals Travel in Groups
These colonies alternate between a "statary phase," in which the bivouac
remains in the same location for several weeks while foragers raid the
surrounding habitat, and a "nomadic phase," in which the bivouac is moved each
night until the ...
Sue Boinski, Paul A. Garber,
2000
10
Firefight! The Tactical Roleplay Engine
Cunning and aggressiveness help but thereXs always afallbackoption:the
Bivouac. A Bivouac is a short period of time where the Operators can hunker
down and regroup. ItXs a few moments where, unmolested by the opposition,
theycan take ...
Julie Frund, Nathan Frund
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BIVOUAC»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
bivouac is used in the context of the following news items.
Some campers at Farragut evacuated, fire camp prepares to move in
“We've let them bivouac out in a couple of our big open areas.” Farragut hasn't seen falling embers today like it did yesterday, White said. «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
Opening time
... café and deli, which they ran for four years before moving on to run the Bivouac luxury camping site, restaurant and wedding venue near Masham for a year. «The Northern Echo, Jul 15»
East Grinstead Rotary Club meets its Waterloo
... about finishing our supper, there were still columns of troops marching back to their bivouac, towing their cannons behind them,” said David. «East Grinstead Online, Jul 15»
Slave Trade Migration: 'Why Abingdon?'
... sitting on logs of wood, whilst others were standing, and a great many little black children were warming themselves at the fires of the bivouac ... «Bristol Herald Courier, Jul 15»
Toast San Diego's evolving cocktail scene
During the era of prohibition, the hotel's Bivouac Grill, now the Celestial Ballroom, was known as the Plata Real Nightclub. The clandestine ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
Daily Diary, July 4, 1915
Third Battalion in Bivouac near Busseboom; Royal Field Artillery: Le Mont Evenic: Training. The Great Thunderstorm: Redditch Girl Injured by ... «Worcester News, Jul 15»
Doug Scott lecture: The Three Peaks: Everest, K2 and …
Exhausted through lack of oxygen and intense cold, their survival of the world's highest ever bivouac is a story etched into the annals of ... «British Mountaineering Council, Jul 15»
Stephen Hume: Lesson No. 1: Don't dig latrines uphill from camp
First lesson of the bivouac: “Don't dig latrines uphill or upstream from camp!” Why does unassailable common sense for 12-year-olds elude our ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
A moving memorial to Vietnam vets comes to Dunne Park
“When I retired I realized that there was a demand for it, so I reconstructed it and it's grown from just a few tents to this full-blown military bivouac ... «Benitolink: San Benito County News, Jul 15»
'Quiet Concert for the Fourth' planned
The Barn, which had served as a bivouac for Gen. Clinton's Army's march to the Susquehanna, has since played host to hundreds of events, ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»