rencounter
Americannoun
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a hostile meeting; battle.
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a contest of any kind.
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a casual meeting.
verb (used with or without object)
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to encounter casually.
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Obsolete. to meet hostilely.
noun
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an unexpected meeting
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a hostile clash, as of two armies, adversaries, etc; skirmish
verb
Etymology
Origin of rencounter
From the Middle French word rencontrer, dating back to 1495–1505. See re-, encounter
Example Sentences
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I emphasize it specially here that this war was mortal rencounter between two different nations.
From The Brothers' War by John Calvin Reed
But the rencounter at Rakoniz," observed Henry Schlick, "remained, as I have heard, undecided.
From Gabriel A Story of the Jews in Prague by Spiegfried Kohn
This rencounter at Front Royal was one of the most brilliant affairs of the war and it illustrated well the marvelous intuition with which General Custer often grasped the situation, in an instant of time.
From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by James Harvey Kidd
After the first awkwardness of such a rencounter had worn off Dorothy found Wilfred entertaining.
From The Vanity Girl by Compton MacKenzie
Monsieur, that I am enchanted at this rencounter!
From Rosin the Beau by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
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