Rencounter
RENCOUN'TER, noun Literally, a meeting of two bodies. Hence,
1. A meeting in opposition or contest.
The jostling chiefs in rude rencounter join.
2. A casual combat; a sudden contest or fight without premeditation; as between individuals or small parties.
3. A casual action; an engagement between armies or fleets.
The confederates should - outnumber the enemy in all rencounters and engagements.
4. Any combat, action or engagement.
RENCOUN'TER, verb transitive
1. To meet unexpectedly without enmity or hostility. [This use is found in some recent publications, but is not common.]
2. To attack hand to hand.
RENCOUN'TER, verb intransitive
1. To meet an enemy unexpectedly.
2. To clash; to come in collision.
3. To skirmish with another.
4. To fight hand to hand.