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Definition of "rencounter" [ren•coun•ter]

  • An unplanned meeting. (noun)
  • A hostile encounter or contest. (noun)
  • To meet unexpectedly or have an unexpected meeting. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rencounter" in a sentence
  • "I was not there to witness the meeting; but it was said the rencounter was a furious one."
  • "But against the opinion of more thinking men, who considered Sir Philip Forester as having thrown himself out of the rank of men of honour, Captain Falconer admitted him to the privilege of such, accepted a challenge from him, and in the rencounter received a mortal wound."
  • "Whilst they were thus speculating on the issue of the rencounter the valiant bonnet maker began to pull up Jezabel, in order that the smith, who he still concluded was close behind, might overtake him, and either advance first or at least abreast of himself."