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ren⋅coun⋅ter

  [ren-koun-ter]
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–noun Also, rencontre.
1. a hostile meeting; battle.
2. a contest of any kind.
3. a casual meeting.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
4. to encounter casually.
5. Obsolete. to meet hostilely.
Origin:
1495–1505; < MF rencontrer. See re-, encounter
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ren·coun·ter   (rěn-koun'tər)   
n.  

  1. An unplanned meeting.

  2. A hostile encounter or contest.

tr. & intr.v.   ren·coun·tered, ren·coun·ter·ing, ren·coun·ters
To meet unexpectedly or have an unexpected meeting.

[French rencontre, from Old French, from rencontrer, to meet : re-, re- + encontrer, to meet; see encounter.]
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