1. unexpected or chance meetings or encounters
Usage: archaic
2. hostile encounters or conflicts
Usage: archaic

1. meets unexpectedly or by chance
Usage: archaic
2. engages in conflict or combat
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The knight rencounters his old friend on the forest path.
• Their rencounters in the marketplace were always pleasant.
• The army rencounters the enemy at dawn.
• Several rencounters between the rival factions occurred that month.
• He rencounters danger at every turn of his journey.
• The rencounters between the two armies were fierce and bloody.