Encounter

·vt A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a battle; as, a bloody encounter.

II. Encounter ·vt A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden or incidental meeting; an Interview.

III. Encounter ·vi 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.

IV. Encounter ·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.