encountered

verbhappen upon
verbfight, attack

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verb happen upon

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Word Origin & History

c.1300, "to meet as an adversary," from Old French encontrer "confront," from encontre (see encounter (n.). Weakened sense of "casually meet" first recorded in English early 16c. Related: Encountered; encountering.

Example Sentences for encountered

During this session other difficulties were encountered by the Ministry.

There, on the contrary, we encountered the only two swamps at all difficult.

She did not see him in the morning, but at noon she encountered him in the hall.

But now, strange to say, wherever she went she encountered Felicien!

And then, when he had slipped his hand back into hers, he had encountered a sticky chocolate!

The first mound that I encountered belonged to a goblin who was splashing in his tub.

And again he encountered Nani's glance, which never left him.

I prompted Camille to ask if he had ever encountered Ned Ferry, and he laughed.

Never, in his brief cave-life, had he encountered anything of which to be afraid.

His progress was a series of yelps, from which might have been adduced the number of rocks he encountered.

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