† encounterableadj.
Obsolete. rare.
? Ready for encounters.
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society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [adjective] > ready for battle
encounterable1576
1576 A. Fleming tr. Erasmus in Panoplie Epist. 346 Whiche time, I woulde I had spent,..in the extolling of your..encounterable valiauntnesse.
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