rencounter
Example Sentences
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This rencounter was a real misfortune; as, in the battle which ensued, the former disobedience and mad vagaries of Landais, her commander, were about to be converted into absolute treason.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
But really the possible alternatives of rencounter are far less numerous.
From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto
Guy Fawkes lingered for a moment, doubting whether he should mention his rencounter with Humphrey Chetham.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
I was beginning to recover my tranquillity, when the appearance of Mr. Talton drove me from your protection:—of my subsequent rencounter with the smugglers, I have already informed you.
From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Sophia Reeve
Between these two vessels an unfortunate and silly rencounter followed.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 by W. C. Jackson
