encountering
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encountering
verb
- present participle and gerund of encounter
noun encounterings
- An encounter; a meeting. This is still a species of reflection because it thematizes encounterings and things-as-encountered, even if they do not occur in the mental life of the person reflectively observing them.
adjective more encountering · most encountering
- Fit for an encounter or battle. Let vs put on our meet incountering mindes, And in deteſting ſuch a diueliſh Thiefe, In loue of honor and defence of right Be arm’d againſt the hate of ſuch a foe, Whether from earth, or hell, or heauen he grow.
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Closest in meaning: meet, confrontation, find, take on, happen, run into, chance, receive, come across, run across, showdown, play, meeting, foregather, bump, see
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title = {encountering},
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