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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Encounter \En*coun"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encountered}; p. pr & vb n. {Encountering}.] [OF. encontrer pref. en- (L. in) + contre against, L. contra. See {Counter}, 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. 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.
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