encounter

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.

   It fits Ioues ſonne / VVraſtle vvith Lyons, and to tugge vvith Beares, / Grapple vvith Dragons, and incounter VVhales.

2. 2
   verb

   To meet one another.

   […] yet when the brother and the sister had encountered, according to the set appointment, none of these impassionedments had been repeated.

3. 3
   verb

   To engage in conflict, as with an enemy.

   Three armies encountered at Waterloo.

4. 4
   verb

   To kill or execute someone extrajudicially.

   Speaking to the media, Reddy said, "He (Accused in 6-year-old rape and murder case) should be encountered. We will nab the accused and will encounter him. We will stand by the victim's family. We console them and will provide aid to the family. We will encounter him (the accused)."

5. 5
   noun

   A meeting, especially one that is unplanned or unexpected.

   Their encounter was a matter of chance.

6. 6
   noun

   A match between two opposing sides.

   Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.

7. 7
   noun

   A sexual encounter; sexual activity, especially unplanned or unexpected, between two people who have not already established a sexual relationship with each other. In many cases, it does not lead to a relationship, and thus is utterly transient. A sexual encounter can be consensual or non-consensual; in the latter case, it is known as sexual assault. A consensual sexual encounter that happens only once is commonly known as a one-night stand.

   Though Mr. Cosby described the sexual encounter in 2004 as consensual, Ms. Constand said she was too intoxicated to physically or verbally resist.

8. 8
   noun

   An extrajudicial killing or execution.

   Telangana Labour and Employment Minister Malla Reddy on Tuesday said that the guilty person in the rape and murder of a six-year-old girl in Hyderabad "will be nabbed and will be killed in an encounter".

Etymology

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”).