Encounter

En`coun´ter

v. t.	1.	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. [imp. & p. p. Encountered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Encountering.] Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him. - Acts xvii. 18. I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you. - Shak.
v. i.	1.	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. I will encounter with Andronicus. - Shak. Perception and judgment, employed in the investigation of all truth, have in the first place to encounter with particulars. - Tatham.
n.	1.	A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview. To shun the encounter of the vulgar crowd. - Pope.
	2.	A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter. As one for . . . fierce encounters fit - Spenser. To join their dark encounter in mid-air - Milton

Noun	1.	encounter - a minor short-term fight Synonyms: skirmish, clash, brush
	2.	encounter - a casual or unexpected convergence; "he still remembers their meeting in Paris"; "there was a brief encounter in the hallway" Synonyms: meeting
	3.	encounter - a casual meeting with a person of thing Synonyms: coming upon
	4.	encounter - a hostile disagreement face-to-face Synonyms: face-off, showdown, confrontation
Verb	1.	encounter - come together; "I'll probably see you at the meeting"; "How nice to see you again!" Synonyms: meet, ran into, run across, come across, see
	2.	encounter - come upon, as if by accident; meet with; "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day" Synonyms: find, bump, chance, happen
	3.	encounter - be beset by; "The project ran into numerous financial difficulties" Synonyms: run into
	4.	encounter - experience as a reaction; "My proposal met with much opposition" Synonyms: receive, meet
	5.	encounter - contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle; "Princeton plays Yale this weekend"; "Charlie likes to play Mary" Synonyms: take on, meet, play

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