| 释义 |
▪ I. acounter, -our
early forms of accounter.
▪ II. † aˈcounter, v. Obs.
Also 4 acuntre.
[A reduced form of encounter, a. OFr. encontrer, encountrer; see a- prefix 10.]
To encounter, meet.
c1350Will. Palerne 3602 So kenli þei a-cuntred at þe coupyng to gadere Þat þe kniȝt spere..alto-schiuered.
▪ III. † aˈcounter, acountre, n. Obs.
[f. prec.: cf. encounter n.]
An encounter.
c1314Guy Warw. 291 The acountre of hem was so strong, That mani dyed ther among. c1440Morte Arthur 49 In alle the batailles that Launcelot had bene With hard acountres hym agayne. |