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   Encounter , 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.
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   Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, encountered him.
   Acts xvii. 18.
   
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   I am most fortunate thus accidentally to encounter you.
   Shak.
   
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   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.
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   I will encounter with Andronicus.
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   Perception and judgment, employed in the investigation of all truth, have in the first place to encounter with particulars.
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   Encounter, n. [OF. encontre, fr. encontrer. See Encounter, v. t.]
   A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an interview.
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   To shun the encounter of the vulgar crowd.
   Pope.
   
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   A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter.
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   As one for . . . fierce encounters fit
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   Spenser.
   
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   To join their dark encounter in mid-air
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   Milton
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   Syn. -- Contest; conflict; fight; combat; assault; rencounter; attack; engagement; onset. See Contest.
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