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I. verb (~ed; ~ing) see: counter Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to meet as an adversary or enemy, to engage in conflict with, to come upon face-to-face, to come upon or experience especially unexpectedly , intransitive verb to meet especially by chance, II. noun Date: 14th century a meeting between hostile factions or persons ; a sudden often violent clash , 2. a chance meeting , a particular kind of meeting or experience with another person , a coming into the vicinity of a celestial body