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rencontring

rencontring is the present participle and gerund of rencontre.

Meaning of rencontre

Noun

rencontre (plural rencontres)

  1. (archaic) A chance or unexpected meeting or encounter.
    • In the entrance hall I was somewhat surprised, and my fair companion still more so, when we met Rashleigh Osbaldistone, who could not help shewing equal wonder at our rencontre.1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst...

Questions about rencontring

What is rencontring the present participle and gerund of?
Rencontring is the present participle and gerund of rencontre.

Words near rencontring in the dictionary

  1. Renchers
  2. rencontre
  3. Rencontre East
  4. rencontred
  5. rencontres
  6. rencontring
  7. rencounter
  8. rencountered
  9. rencountering
  10. rencounters
  11. rend

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