Definition of encounter

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Encounter (v. t.) A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.

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Hazard :: Hazard (v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.
Shock :: Shock (v. i.) To meet with a shock; to meet in violent encounter.
Cope :: Cope (v. t.) To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.
Rencontre :: Rencontre (n.) Same as Rencounter, n..
Encounter :: 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..
Brave :: Brave (v. t.) To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at defiance; to defy; to dare.
Hazard :: Hazard (n.) Risk; danger; peril; as, he encountered the enemy at the hazard of his reputation and life..
Formidable :: Formidable (a.) Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming..
Encounter :: Encounter (v. i.) To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo..
Rencountered :: Rencountered (imp. & p. p.) of Rencounte.
Willywaw :: Willywaw (n.) A whirlwind, or whirlwind squall, encountered in the Straits of Magellan..
Waylay :: Waylay (v. t.) To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush..
Chock :: Chock (n.) An encounter.
Congress :: Congress (n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.
Meet :: Meet (v. t.) To come together with hostile purpose; to have an encounter or conflict.
Justle :: Justle (n.) An encounter or shock; a jostle.
Rencounter :: Rencounter (v. t.) To meet unexpectedly; to encounter.
Adventure :: Adventure (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat..
Assail :: Assail (v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like..
Engaged :: Engaged (a.) Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight..
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