ENCOUNTER (2)

encounter (2). Encounter, v. to fight, engage, attack, oppose, meet

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En‐coun″ter, 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. 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.