Definitions
a casual meeting with a person or thing
Word origin
From Middle English encountren, from Anglo-Norman encountrer, Old French encontrer (“to confront”), from encontre (“against, counter to”), from Late Latin incontrā (“in front of”) itself from Latin in (“in”) + contrā (“against”).
Used in a sentence
“It fits Ioues ſonne / VVraſtle vvith Lyons, and to tugge vvith Beares, / Grapple vvith Dragons, and incounter VVhales.”
“H' incounters Talgol, routs the Bear, / And takes the Fidler Prisoner; / Conveys him to enchanted Castle, / There shuts him fast in wooden Bastile.”
“[…] yet when the brother and the sister had encountered, according to the set appointment, none of these impassionedments had been repeated.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Chance meeting”9 letters
02“See”9 letters
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