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encounter

Translation
encounter
—encounterer, n.
/en kown"teuhr/, v.t.
1. to come upon or meet with, esp. unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation.
2. to meet with or contend against (difficulties, opposition, etc.): We encounter so many problems in our work.
3. to meet (a person, military force, etc.) in conflict: We will encounter the enemy at dawn.
v.i.
4. to meet, esp. unexpectedly or in conflict: We were angry when we encountered, but we parted with smiles.
n.
5. a meeting with a person or thing, esp. a casual, unexpected, or brief meeting: Our running into each other was merely a chance encounter.
6. a meeting of persons or groups that are in conflict or opposition; combat; battle: Another such encounter and we may lose the war.
7. Psychol. a meeting of two or more people, as the members of an encounter group or a number of married couples (marriage encounter), conducted to promote direct emotional confrontations among the participants, esp. as a form of therapy (encounter therapy).
[1250-1300; ME encountren < AF enco(u)ntrer; OF < VL *incontrare, equiv. to in- IN-1 + -contrare, deriv. of contra against; see COUNTER3]

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