"Encounter" is a word in ENGLISH
A meeting, with hostile purpose; hence, a combat; a
battle; as, a bloody encounter.
To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet,
esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies
encountered at Waterloo.
A meeting face to face; a running against; a sudden
or incidental meeting; an interview.
To come against face to face; to meet; to confront,
either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in
opposition or with hostile intent; to engage in conflict with; to
oppose; to struggle with; as, to encounter a friend in traveling; two
armies encounter each other; to encounter obstacles or difficulties, to
encounter strong evidence of a truth.
... My mother, daroga, my poor, unhappy mother would never... let me kiss her... She used to run away... and throw me my mask!... Nor any other woman... ever, ever!... Ah, you can understand, my happiness was so great, I cried. And fell at her feet, crying... and I kissed her feet... her little feet... crying. You're crying, too, daroga... and she cried also... the angel cried!...
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To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
Read the complete definitionTo face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.
Read the complete definitionTo meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; …
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