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单词 encountering
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encounteringn.

Etymology: < encounter v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: enˈcountering.
The action of encounter v.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > [noun]
mootOE
gain-racea1340
again-cominga1382
encountering1482
rencountering1525
occursionc1540
encountrance1592
occurse1603
occurrence1607
affront1614
occursation1615
encountera1641
collision1664
vis-à-vis1867
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of > a hostile encounter
encounter1297
counterc1330
brusha1400
recountering1410
recountera1470
encountering1482
re-encounter1525
re-encountry1569
passage1608
congression?1611
confronta1626
traverse1640
clash1646
congress1646
conjunction1648
head-to-head1899
go-around1912
mano a mano1950
face-off1956
bitchfest1985
1482 W. Caxton Trevisa's Higden iii. vi. 121 In the encountrynge and fyghtyng Brutus..and Arnus..slough eyther other.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xlviii. 69 And dyuers encountrynges was bytwene them.
1581 Apol. or Def. Prince William sig. B2v That nothing be more to be wished for a man, than the race and course of his life, to be..prosperous, and vpright, without..any wicked incountring.
1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. v. 50 By reason of the opposition and encountring of some other current.
1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 72 So many Shadowes cast out and caused by the encountring of these Superior Celestiall Bodies.
1710 J. Swift Tale of Tub (ed. 5) Apol. sig. a1 The accidental encountring of a single Thought.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

encounteringadj.

/ɛnˈkaʊntərɪŋ/
Etymology: < encounter v. + -ing suffix2.
That encounters. In the use of G. M. Hopkins (see quot.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > meeting or encounter > [adjective]
encountering1586
meeting1593
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [adjective] > contending > meeting in hostile manner
encountering1586
confronting1798
1586 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. ii. vi. 19 Let us put on our meet encountering minds.
1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis xi. 219 Keepe the bankes that lead Along th' incountring Current to his head.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 220 Millions of fierce encountring Angels fought. View more context for this quotation
1737 R. Glover Leonidas v. 350 Betwixt th' encountring chiefs.
1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 50 The encountering winds shall oft Muster their wrath again.
1878 G. M. Hopkins Let. to R. Bridges 30 May (1935) 53 The rhythm is anacrustic or, as I should call it, ‘encountering’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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