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English
Etymology
From Old (and modern) French rencontrer (verb), rencontre (noun), corresponding to re- + Old French encontrer ‘encounter’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/rɛnˈkaʊntə/

Verb
en-verb

1. archaic transitive To meet, encounter, come into contact with.

Noun
en-noun

1. archaic An encounter between opposing forces; a conflict.
2. archaic An encounter or chance meeting.

#:*1819: 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. — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

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