1. an unexpected or chance meeting
Usage: archaic
2. a hostile meeting or clash between opposing forces
Usage: archaic

1. to meet unexpectedly
Usage: archaic
2. to engage in combat or conflict with
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The knight had a dangerous rencounter with bandits on the forest road.
• Their rencounter at the market was purely by chance.
• The two armies had a brief rencounter before retreating.
• He did not expect to rencounter his old friend in such a distant place.
• The soldiers would rencounter the enemy at dawn.
• What a pleasant rencounter this has been after so many years.