To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
It fits Ioues ſonne / VVraſtle vvith Lyons, and to tugge vvith Beares, / Grapple vvith Dragons, and incounter VVhales.
To confront (someone or something) face to face.
To meet one another.
[…] yet when the brother and the sister had encountered, according to the set appointment, none of these impassionedments had been repeated.
From Middle English encountren, from Anglo-Norman encountrer, Old French encontrer (“to confront”), from encontre (“against, counter to”), from Late Latin incontrā (“in front of”) itself from Latin in...
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A match between two opposing sides.
Andre Santos equalised and the outstanding Theo Walcott put Arsenal ahead for the first time before Juan Mata's spectacular strike set up the finale for an enthralling encounter.