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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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