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Webster 1913 Edition
Rencounter
Ren-coun′ter
(r?n-koun′t?r)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rencountered
(-t?rd)
; p. pr. & vb/ n.
Rencountering
.] 1.
To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.
2.
To attack hand to hand.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Ren-coun′ter
,Verb.
I.
To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision; to skirmish.
Ren-coun′ter
,Noun.
[F.
rencontre
, from renconter
to meet.] 1.
A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement.
The justling chiefs in rude
rencounter
join. Granville.
2.
A causal combat or action; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation, as between individuals or small parties.
The confederates should . . . outnumber the enemy in all
rencounters
and engagements. Addison.
Syn. – Combat; fight; conflict; collision; clash.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rencounter
RENCOUN'TER
,Noun.
1.
A meeting in opposition or contest.The jostling chiefs in rude rencounter join.
2.
A casual combat; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation; as between individuals or small parties.3.
A casual action; an engagement between armies or fleets.The confederates should - outnumber the enemy in all rencounters and engagements.
4.
Any combat, action or engagement.RENCOUN'TER
,Verb.
T.
1.
To meet unexpectedly without enmity or hostility. [This use is found in some recent publications, but is not common.]2.
To attack hand to hand.RENCOUN'TER
, v.i.1.
To meet an enemy unexpectedly.2.
To clash; to come in collision.3.
To skirmish with another.4.
To fight hand to hand.Definition 2024
rencounter
rencounter
English
Verb
rencounter (third-person singular simple present rencounters, present participle rencountering, simple past and past participle rencountered)
- (archaic, transitive) To meet, encounter, come into contact with.
- To attack hand to hand.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Noun
rencounter (plural rencounters)
- (archaic) An encounter between opposing forces; a conflict.
- (archaic) An encounter or chance meeting.
- 1819: The Prior at length [...] rode off with considerably less pomp, and in a much more apostolical condition, so far as worldly matters were concerned, than he had exhibited before this rencounter. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe