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rencounter

/ɹɛnˈkaʊntə/

rencounter verb: to meet, encounter, come into contact with.

Verb

rencounter (third-person singular simple present rencounters, present participle rencountering, simple past and past participle rencountered)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To meet, encounter, come into contact with.
  2. (obsolete) To attack hand to hand.
    • Tho, whenas still he saw him towards pace,
      He gan rencounter him in equall race1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Noun

rencounter (plural rencounters)

  1. (archaic) An encounter between opposing forces; a conflict.
    • Mr Nightingale promised to enquire into the state of Mr Fitzpatrick's wound, and likewise to find out some of the persons who were present at the rencounter.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
    • He had some advantage in the difference of our weapons; for his sword, as I recollect, was longer than mine, […] His obvious malignity of purpose never for a moment threw him off his guard, and he exhausted every feint and strategem proper to the science of defence; while, at the same time, he...1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter XII, in Rob Roy. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst...
  2. (archaic) An encounter or chance meeting.
    • The Prior at length […] rode off with considerably less pomp, and in a much more apostolical condition, so far as worldly matters were concerned, than he had exhibited before this rencounter.1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co....

rencounter meaning in Bengali

rencounter in Bengali

সাক্ষাৎ করা, মুখোমুখি হওয়া, পরস্পরের সংস্পর্শে আসা, হাতাহাতি করে আক্রমণ করা, সংঘাত

Forms of rencounter

Verb
third-person singular presentrencounters
present participlerencountering
past participlerencountered
pastrencountered
alternative form (obsolete)rencontre
Noun
pluralrencounters

Origin of rencounter

From Middle English rencounteren, rencountren, from Middle French rencontrer, corresponding to re- + encounter.

From Middle English rencountre, from the verb, after Middle French rencontre, corresponding to re- + encounter.

Questions about rencounter

What does rencounter mean?
Rencounter means to meet, encounter, come into contact with.
What is rencounter in Bengali?
Rencounter in Bengali is সাক্ষাৎ করা, মুখোমুখি হওয়া, পরস্পরের সংস্পর্শে আসা. See Rencounter meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is rencounter?
Rencounter can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce rencounter?
Rencounter is pronounced /ɹɛnˈkaʊntə/.
What is the past tense of rencounter?
The past tense of rencounter is rencountered.

Words near rencounter in the dictionary

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

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