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Definition of encounter

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Encounter (adv.) To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to encounter strong evidence of a truth..

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Shock :: Shock (v. i.) To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.

Engaged :: Engaged (a.) Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight..

Encounter :: Encounter (v. t.) A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter..

Rencountering :: Rencountering (p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Rencounte.

Formidable :: Formidable (a.) Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming..

Hazard :: Hazard (n.) Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life..

Affront :: Affront (v. t.) To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter..

Hazard :: Hazard (v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.

Chance-medley :: Chance-medley (n.) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.

Rencounter :: Rencounter (v. i.) To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision; to skirmish.

Rencounter :: Rencounter (v. t.) To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.

Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A skirmish; an encounter.

Rencounter :: Rencounter (n.) A meeting of two persons or bodies; a collision; especially, a meeting in opposition or contest; a combat, action, or engagement..

Meet :: Meet (v. t.) To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.

Run :: Run (v. i.) To encounter or incur, as a danger or risk; as, to run the risk of losing one's life. See To run the chances, below..

Passage :: Passage (v. i.) A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms..

Hosting :: Hosting (n.) An encounter; a battle.

Courage :: Courage (n.) That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution..

Face :: Face (v. t.) To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle..

Counter :: Counter (n.) An encounter.