recountern.¹

Brit.

/rᵻˈkaʊntə/, U.S.

/riˈkaʊn(t)ər/,

/rəˈkaʊn(t)ər/

Forms: late Middle English recountir, late Middle English recountr, late Middle English–1500s recountre, late Middle English– recounter, 1600s– recontre; Scottish pre-1700 reacuntar, pre-1700 recontar, pre-1700 reconter, pre-1700 recontir, pre-1700 recontre, pre-1700 recontyr, pre-1700 recountre, pre-1700 recountyr, pre-1700 1700s– recounter.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: recounter v.

Etymology: < recounter v. Compare rencounter n. and its etymon Middle French rencontre , and also re-encounter n.Some later examples of the form recontre may perhaps represent typographical errors for rencontre (compare e.g. quot. 1943 at sense 2a).

Now rare.

1. Scots Law. The act or an instance of returning another's pledge; a security or pledge given by the defendant of a case in return for that given by the plaintiff. Now historical.A case could not be tried without a pledge being deposited by both parties as security against their failing to appear in court or to uphold its decision.

ΚΠ

1410–11 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 30 The quhilk borch David Panter [etc.]..recontret; the quhilk recontre thai affermyt with ane borch.

1430 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1430/9 [He] sal remayn in ane unlaw of the courte ande tyn the actioun of the quhilk the borghe was fundyne. And the reconter.

1471 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1471/8/26 And thair be excepciounes, ane or ma, proponit and tharuppoune borowis and recounteris fundin [etc.].

1540 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 53 William Gaderar..recontrit the said broch allegan the said Andro had denyit the action and cled the court..apon the quhilk broch and recontyr the saidis parteis desirit ane sensiment.

1586 Burgh Court Perth 2 Aug. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Reconter May bruik & iois the said foir & myd land..but ony redemptioun recontar contradictione agane calling or impediment quhatsumeuer.

1986 Law & Hist. Rev. 4 415 One of the parties enters a recounter or a denial, pledges are given and the issue is put to an assize for proof.

a. A meeting, esp. a hostile one; an encounter. Cf. rencounter n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > encounter

counterc1330

coming ina1398

recountera1470

re-encounter1525

re-encountry1569

rencontre1586

occurrent1592

risconter1592

rencounter1632

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence

concourse1398

recountera1470

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confluence1606

contraction1610

congression1611

closing1625

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concurrencea1661

convolation1676

concursion1692

convergence1713

convergency1794

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

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 173 Sir Gawayne slew my sevynth sonne in a recountre.

1471 Earl of Oxford in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 185 Entendyng fro thens to goo foorth..to the rencountre of the said enemyes.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xlvi^v Many a Cristen man was slayne at that Recounter.

1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. I.iii In there recountre and metyng, they produce always bygger and bygger vaines and artires.

1570 G. Buchanan Chamæleon in Vernac. Writings (1892) 50 [The Queen had] to wryte to hir lieutenentis to mak ye regent be put sauf in Scotland, and so he wes without any recontre.

1627 P. Hay Advt. Subj. Scotl. 19 Whom if hee had not at length rescued in his temerarious Recountre with Hannibal, he had perished.

1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel Extravagant Shepherd ii. 23 This recontre a little surpriz'd him, yet did he not appear so fearfull; and having an intention to speak to her, he chose rather to go towards her, then expect her.

1678 J. Davies tr. M. de Scudéry Clelia (new ed.) i. ii. 104/1 He shewed himself a great Captain in that Recounter [1656 reincounter].

1744 E. Haywood Fortunate Foundlings 88 He had lately a recounter with one of her former lovers, which had like to cost him his life.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvii. 246 I acquired such reputation by this recounter..that every body became more cautious of his behaviour towards me.

1769 Hist. Lord Clayton & Miss Meredith II. 79 Norton, piqued at the coldness, not to say contempt with which Julia had treated him, and not chusing to have any recontre with Lord Clayton about her,..determined to get her into his power by surprize.

1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 June 3/2 Mr. M'Duffie received his antagonist's fire in the side, which lodged near the back bone. Great apprehensions were entertained for his safety, until a few hours after the recontre took place.

1845 J. H. Ingraham Scarlet Feather i. 10 This unexpected recounter with his brother was far from pleasing, either to him or Sharp Knife.

1858 H. Miller Cruise of Betsey ii. i. 268 The agreeable recounter at the fish-beds.

1910 J. G. Huneker Let. 20 May (1924) 129 There is no sinister significance in our accidental recounter.

1943 Morning Herald (Uniontown, Pa.) 25 Aug. 11/1 Obviously, Colonel Sobeloff had made his excuses to disappear after that absurdly melodramatic recontre in the conservatory.

1994 Assemblage No. 25. 96 The optic pouch explodes into the distance instantly to envelop the megashape of downtown..only to cut the shape loose until the next recounter.

†b. A blow, a strike. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow

dintc897

swengOE

shutec1000

kill?c1225

swipc1275

stroke1297

dentc1325

touchc1325

knock1377

knalc1380

swapc1384

woundc1384

smitinga1398

lush?a1400

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swaipa1400

wapc1400

smita1425

popc1425

rumbelowc1425

hitc1450

clope1481

rimmel1487

blow1488

dinga1500

quartera1500

ruska1500

tucka1500

recounterc1515

palta1522

nolpc1540

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push1561

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veny1578

remnant1580

venue1591

cuff1610

poltc1610

dust1611

tank1686

devel1787

dunching1789

flack1823

swinge1823

looder1825

thrash1840

dolk1861

thresh1863

mace-blow1879

pulsation1891

nosebleeder1921

slosh1936

smackeroo1942

dab-

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxx. 431 The Gryffon resyd vp his fete and spredde..his wyngis, and gaue Huon suche a recountre that the noble knyghte was stryken to the erthe.

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recountern.²

Brit.

/rᵻˈkaʊntə/, U.S.

/riˈkaʊn(t)ər/,

/rəˈkaʊn(t)ər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recount v.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < recount v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare Middle French raconteur raconteur n.

A person who recounts something; a narrator.Now frequently with modifying adjective.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > narrator

teller1340

expositora1398

accounterc1400

reporterc1405

provinoura1475

recounter1485

relator1588

relater1598

repeater1598

narrator1599

retailer1607

nomenclator1628

enarrator1632

accountant1655

relatist1656

narrater1758

narratrix1796

narratress1798

1485–6 W. Caxton tr. Laurent Ryal Bk. li. sig. f iij^v The recounters been ofte holden for fooles & lyars.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 158 Wise counselers and recounters of honestie and vertue, are reiected.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Qq4 I shall need to bee but a briefe recounter, and no rhetoricall enlarger of this most harmefull mischiefe.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een melder, a Mentioner, a Rehearser, a Recounter, or a Teller.

1686 A. Behn Lover's Watch 42 Those Re-counters of Adventures, that are always telling of Intrigues.

1760 C. Hervey Let. 2 Oct. in Lett. from Portugal, Spain, Italy & Germany in Years 1759, 1760, 1761 (1785) II. 419 I will fill my present paper with an affair that happened at Leghorne a few years ago; for the truth of which I can only rest upon the faith of the recounter.

1845 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Apr. 384/1 As a recounter of mere legends, Mr. Hawthorne claims high praise.

1892 E. C. Stedman Nature & Elem. Poetry iii. 79 Recounter and hearers around the desert fire.

1928 Sci. News Lett. 13 247/1 Long abused as an extravagant liar, Marco Polo has only recently received his due place as a sober recounter of adventures in alien lands.

1953 E. Partridge Shaggy Dog Story ii. 17 Not even the most cavalier of casual recounters may omit two extremely significant and pertinent literary examples.

2005 Indian Express (Nexis) 30 Oct. Gilmour is a passionate recounter of the stories of the men and women of the Victorian Raj.

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recounterv.

Brit.

/rᵻˈkaʊntə/, U.S.

/riˈkaʊn(t)ər/,

/rəˈkaʊn(t)ər/

Forms:

α. late Middle English recomptre, 1700s reconter; Scottish pre-1700 recointer, pre-1700 reconntre, pre-1700 reconter, pre-1700 recontir, pre-1700 recontre, pre-1700 recontyr, pre-1700 recunter, pre-1700 recuntir, pre-1700 recuntyr.

β. late Middle English recountar (in a late copy), late Middle English recountir, late Middle English–1600s recountre, 1700s 1900s– recounter; Scottish pre-1700 recountir, pre-1700 recowntre, pre-1700 recowntter, pre-1700 recownttir, pre-1700 1700s recountre, pre-1700 1800s– recounter.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, counter v.¹

Etymology: < re- prefix + counter v.¹, probably partly after Middle French rencontrer rencounter v. Compare later rencounter v., re-encounter v. Compare also recount v.²In the late Middle English form recomptre probably by association with count v. and related words (compare forms and discussion at that entry).

Now rare.

†1. transitive. Scots Law. To offer or give (a pledge) in return for another; (also) to oppose the giving of (a pledge). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1410–11 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 30 The quhilk borch David Panter [etc.]..recontret.

1430 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1430/9 Quhare twa partiis apperis at the bar, the tane strek a borgh a poun a weir of law, the tother party sal hafe leif to be avisit..quhether he wil reconter it or nocht... Ande gif he recounter the borgh, and strenthis it with resonis [etc.].

1540 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 53 William Gaderar..recontrit the said broch allegan the said Andro had denyit the action and cled the court.

1686 G. Mackenzie Observ. Acts Parl. 25 The meaning of this Act [sc. of 1429] is that if the pursuer be forc'd to find caution, to answer as law will, he may force the defender to recounter it; that is to say, to find caution also.

†2.

a. transitive. To encounter in battle or combat. Also intransitive: to encounter one another in battle. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > meet in battle

meeteOE

to meet withc1325

abattlec1400

recounter1455

check1535

to come up against1535

entertain1555

yoke1581

cope1594

conflict1599

clash1650

engage1697

engage1698

1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 279/1 It must hastely be purveid, that they [sc. enemies] mowe..be recountred and resisted.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 8 [They] recountred eche other so vygorously þ^t they brake bothe theyr speres.

1503 Rolls of Parl. VI. 544/2 They were recountred, vanquesshed,..overcome and dyvers put to deth.

1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vii. (heading) Quhow capitane Volscens..Recontrit Nysus and hys fallow.

a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (St Andrews) ix. l. 3152 Þe wawart..To recownttir þe first perile, First þan entrit in þat pres.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. ii. viii. f. 16/2 [He] gatherit haistely ane army to reconter his ennymes.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 234 Quhilk efterwart gat new speiris and recounterit freischelie againe.

1750 Let. 15 May in Jrnl. Negro Hist. 13 (1928) 352 I Ordered About 70 men to go and reconter them and bring them into the castle as I Could not put up with Such an Insult.

b. intransitive. To meet with in battle. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (1485) vii. xiiij. sig. n ii^v Thenne madame he recountred with the black knyght, and slewe hym in playne batail.

a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 87 He..with the first has recounterit so, That..Boith hors and man is lying in the feld.

c. transitive. To confront, withstand, or counteract (a feeling or action). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > resist

withstandc888

withsake971

forstanda1000

to stand again ——OE

withsetc1000

again-standOE

to stand againOE

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atstandc1220

astand1250

withsitc1300

sitc1325

asitc1330

(it) may well withc1395

reversea1400

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ofstandc1425

onstandc1425

gainstand?c1450

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repugna1513

recountera1525

occur1531

desist1548

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obstrigillate1623

counter-stand1648

stem1675

repique1687

to make face to1807

to fight off1833

to stick up1838

bay1848

withstay1854

buck1857

a1525 ( J. C. Nichols Chron. Rebellion Lincs. 17 in Camden Misc. (1847) I If they wold have biden, to have recountred theire malice.

a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion (1616) ii. 24 This taking recounters and meetes our taking by the deuill, and death.

1702 Behn's Forc'd Marriage (new ed.) ii. ii. 25 I must either resolve never to provoke His jealousie, or be able to re-counter [1671 re'ncounter, 1688 re'counter] his..valour.

a. transitive. To meet, to encounter by chance; to come upon or fall in with.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience

ymetec893

findeOE

meetOE

counterc1325

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limp?a1400

tidea1400

runa1450

to fall with ——?c1475

onlightc1475

recounterc1485

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to come in witha1500

occur1531

to fall on ——1533

to fall upon ——1533

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rencontre1582

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tocome1596

incur1599

forgather1600

thwart1601

to fall in1675

cross1684

to come across ——1738

to cross upon (or on)1748

to fall across ——1760

experience1786

to drop in1802

encounter1814

to come upon ——1820

to run against ——1821

to come in contact with1862

to run across ——1864

to knock or run up against1886

to knock up against1887

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 213 He passis fra his company..And sa is recounterit be a knycht of ffraunce.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 62 With this rodde fleeynge he..departed the troublouse clowdes that he recountred in hys waye.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 6 Ane pure man of perse, quha be chance reconntrit kyng darius.

1586–7 in R. S. Rait & A. I. Cameron King James's Secret (1927) 119 I have reconterit heir some letters vitche I send to your lordship.

1600 Gowrie Conspir. A 2 b There by accident [he] affirmed to haue recountred a baselike fellow, vnknowne to him.

1798 tr. L. F. L. de Lignac Physical View Man & Woman I. iv. 144 Neither shall we examine how and why it [sc. the venom of Cantharides] affects the membrane of the bladder in preference to those membranes which it recounters before it arrives at that part.

a1994 H. Levin Scenes from Shakespeare (2000) 32 Here too they will recounter Launcelot Gobbo.

†b. intransitive. To meet or fall in with someone. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > come across or meet with

again-comea1382

counterc1475

occur1527

to fall on ——1533

recounter1583

greeta1627

encounter1632

rencounter1632

bemeet1656

pop1668

to fall in1808

1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) I. 756/1 Making toward the Turkes, and recountring with the Tartarians.

a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 3 One Turners, a Scotsman, wheir I lay that night and wheir I recountred with several of our countrimen.

†4. transitive. To meet, receive (a person) on arrival. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > welcome > meet on arrival

keep1340

receivec1384

recounterc1500

c1500 Melusine (1895) 348 There were the six bretheren recountred of two noble ladyes..that honourably receyed theire lordes and brethern.

†5. intransitive. Scottish. To move or turn in the opposite direction; to reverse. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)]

awendOE

recommence1481

relieve?1510

turn1594

remigrate1601

to cast back1622

recounter1630

regress1650

retrovert1782

to turn round1802

retrogress1860

to turn back1886

U-turn1973

1630 J. Makluire Buckler of Bodilie Health 92 When they [sc. the Hyades] rise, the Sunne being opposite to them; and the Moone recountering also,..here followeth many heavie raines.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Recounter, to turn the contrary way, to reverse, to invert; a technical term among tradesmen.

Derivatives

† recountering n. Obsolete the act of recountering someone or something; an instance of this, esp. a (hostile) encounter.

ΘΚΠ

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

1410–11 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 32 In sic amerciament as thai aw to tyn in to this court for the wrangus reconteryng of the said borch.

1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 6 They mette wyth no knightes in recountring..but that they bare hem out of their arsonnes.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 132 At that recountryng were many one slayn & wounded.

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. x. 165 But ony recountering or debate, þai gaif..plegeis for peace.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. i. v. f. 5^v/1 Ilkane of thame slew othir at thair recountering.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. i. 2/1 They [sc. Heralds] are to be expert and knowing in Martial Acts, and of the Laws of Arms, as in..Encounters, Recountrings, Rescues, Challenges and Triumphs.

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n.¹1410

n.²1485

v.1410

单词	recounter
释义	recountern.¹ Brit. /rᵻˈkaʊntə/, U.S. /riˈkaʊn(t)ər/, /rəˈkaʊn(t)ər/ Forms: late Middle English recountir, late Middle English recountr, late Middle English–1500s recountre, late Middle English– recounter, 1600s– recontre; Scottish pre-1700 reacuntar, pre-1700 recontar, pre-1700 reconter, pre-1700 recontir, pre-1700 recontre, pre-1700 recontyr, pre-1700 recountre, pre-1700 recountyr, pre-1700 1700s– recounter. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: recounter v. Etymology: < recounter v. Compare rencounter n. and its etymon Middle French rencontre , and also re-encounter n.Some later examples of the form recontre may perhaps represent typographical errors for rencontre (compare e.g. quot. 1943 at sense 2a). Now rare. 1. Scots Law. The act or an instance of returning another's pledge; a security or pledge given by the defendant of a case in return for that given by the plaintiff. Now historical.A case could not be tried without a pledge being deposited by both parties as security against their failing to appear in court or to uphold its decision. ΚΠ 1410–11 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 30 The quhilk borch David Panter [etc.]..recontret; the quhilk recontre thai affermyt with ane borch. 1430 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1430/9 [He] sal remayn in ane unlaw of the courte ande tyn the actioun of the quhilk the borghe was fundyne. And the reconter. 1471 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1471/8/26 And thair be excepciounes, ane or ma, proponit and tharuppoune borowis and recounteris fundin [etc.]. 1540 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 53 William Gaderar..recontrit the said broch allegan the said Andro had denyit the action and cled the court..apon the quhilk broch and recontyr the saidis parteis desirit ane sensiment. 1586 Burgh Court Perth 2 Aug. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Reconter May bruik & iois the said foir & myd land..but ony redemptioun recontar contradictione agane calling or impediment quhatsumeuer. 1986 Law & Hist. Rev. 4 415 One of the parties enters a recounter or a denial, pledges are given and the issue is put to an assize for proof. 2. a. A meeting, esp. a hostile one; an encounter. Cf. rencounter n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > encounter counterc1330 coming ina1398 recountera1470 re-encounter1525 re-encountry1569 rencontre1586 occurrent1592 risconter1592 rencounter1632 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence concourse1398 recountera1470 congress1578 concurrency1597 flocking1604 confluence1606 contraction1610 congression1611 closing1625 conflux1655 coition1656 concurrencea1661 convolation1676 concursion1692 convergence1713 convergency1794 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 a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 173 Sir Gawayne slew my sevynth sonne in a recountre. 1471 Earl of Oxford in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 185 Entendyng fro thens to goo foorth..to the rencountre of the said enemyes. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xlvi^v Many a Cristen man was slayne at that Recounter. 1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. I.iii In there recountre and metyng, they produce always bygger and bygger vaines and artires. 1570 G. Buchanan Chamæleon in Vernac. Writings (1892) 50 [The Queen had] to wryte to hir lieutenentis to mak ye regent be put sauf in Scotland, and so he wes without any recontre. 1627 P. Hay Advt. Subj. Scotl. 19 Whom if hee had not at length rescued in his temerarious Recountre with Hannibal, he had perished. 1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel Extravagant Shepherd ii. 23 This recontre a little surpriz'd him, yet did he not appear so fearfull; and having an intention to speak to her, he chose rather to go towards her, then expect her. 1678 J. Davies tr. M. de Scudéry Clelia (new ed.) i. ii. 104/1 He shewed himself a great Captain in that Recounter [1656 reincounter]. 1744 E. Haywood Fortunate Foundlings 88 He had lately a recounter with one of her former lovers, which had like to cost him his life. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvii. 246 I acquired such reputation by this recounter..that every body became more cautious of his behaviour towards me. 1769 Hist. Lord Clayton & Miss Meredith II. 79 Norton, piqued at the coldness, not to say contempt with which Julia had treated him, and not chusing to have any recontre with Lord Clayton about her,..determined to get her into his power by surprize. 1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 June 3/2 Mr. M'Duffie received his antagonist's fire in the side, which lodged near the back bone. Great apprehensions were entertained for his safety, until a few hours after the recontre took place. 1845 J. H. Ingraham Scarlet Feather i. 10 This unexpected recounter with his brother was far from pleasing, either to him or Sharp Knife. 1858 H. Miller Cruise of Betsey ii. i. 268 The agreeable recounter at the fish-beds. 1910 J. G. Huneker Let. 20 May (1924) 129 There is no sinister significance in our accidental recounter. 1943 Morning Herald (Uniontown, Pa.) 25 Aug. 11/1 Obviously, Colonel Sobeloff had made his excuses to disappear after that absurdly melodramatic recontre in the conservatory. 1994 Assemblage No. 25. 96 The optic pouch explodes into the distance instantly to envelop the megashape of downtown..only to cut the shape loose until the next recounter. †b. A blow, a strike. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow dintc897 swengOE shutec1000 kill?c1225 swipc1275 stroke1297 dentc1325 touchc1325 knock1377 knalc1380 swapc1384 woundc1384 smitinga1398 lush?a1400 sowa1400 swaipa1400 wapc1400 smita1425 popc1425 rumbelowc1425 hitc1450 clope1481 rimmel1487 blow1488 dinga1500 quartera1500 ruska1500 tucka1500 recounterc1515 palta1522 nolpc1540 swoop1544 push1561 smot1566 veny1578 remnant1580 venue1591 cuff1610 poltc1610 dust1611 tank1686 devel1787 dunching1789 flack1823 swinge1823 looder1825 thrash1840 dolk1861 thresh1863 mace-blow1879 pulsation1891 nosebleeder1921 slosh1936 smackeroo1942 dab- c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxx. 431 The Gryffon resyd vp his fete and spredde..his wyngis, and gaue Huon suche a recountre that the noble knyghte was stryken to the erthe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). recountern.² Brit. /rᵻˈkaʊntə/, U.S. /riˈkaʊn(t)ər/, /rəˈkaʊn(t)ər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: recount v.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < recount v.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare Middle French raconteur raconteur n. A person who recounts something; a narrator.Now frequently with modifying adjective. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > narrator teller1340 expositora1398 accounterc1400 reporterc1405 provinoura1475 recounter1485 relator1588 relater1598 repeater1598 narrator1599 retailer1607 nomenclator1628 enarrator1632 accountant1655 relatist1656 narrater1758 narratrix1796 narratress1798 1485–6 W. Caxton tr. Laurent Ryal Bk. li. sig. f iij^v The recounters been ofte holden for fooles & lyars. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 158 Wise counselers and recounters of honestie and vertue, are reiected. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Qq4 I shall need to bee but a briefe recounter, and no rhetoricall enlarger of this most harmefull mischiefe. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een melder, a Mentioner, a Rehearser, a Recounter, or a Teller. 1686 A. Behn Lover's Watch 42 Those Re-counters of Adventures, that are always telling of Intrigues. 1760 C. Hervey Let. 2 Oct. in Lett. from Portugal, Spain, Italy & Germany in Years 1759, 1760, 1761 (1785) II. 419 I will fill my present paper with an affair that happened at Leghorne a few years ago; for the truth of which I can only rest upon the faith of the recounter. 1845 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Apr. 384/1 As a recounter of mere legends, Mr. Hawthorne claims high praise. 1892 E. C. Stedman Nature & Elem. Poetry iii. 79 Recounter and hearers around the desert fire. 1928 Sci. News Lett. 13 247/1 Long abused as an extravagant liar, Marco Polo has only recently received his due place as a sober recounter of adventures in alien lands. 1953 E. Partridge Shaggy Dog Story ii. 17 Not even the most cavalier of casual recounters may omit two extremely significant and pertinent literary examples. 2005 Indian Express (Nexis) 30 Oct. Gilmour is a passionate recounter of the stories of the men and women of the Victorian Raj. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). recounterv. Brit. /rᵻˈkaʊntə/, U.S. /riˈkaʊn(t)ər/, /rəˈkaʊn(t)ər/ Forms: α. late Middle English recomptre, 1700s reconter; Scottish pre-1700 recointer, pre-1700 reconntre, pre-1700 reconter, pre-1700 recontir, pre-1700 recontre, pre-1700 recontyr, pre-1700 recunter, pre-1700 recuntir, pre-1700 recuntyr. β. late Middle English recountar (in a late copy), late Middle English recountir, late Middle English–1600s recountre, 1700s 1900s– recounter; Scottish pre-1700 recountir, pre-1700 recowntre, pre-1700 recowntter, pre-1700 recownttir, pre-1700 1700s recountre, pre-1700 1800s– recounter. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; probably partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: re- prefix, counter v.¹ Etymology: < re- prefix + counter v.¹, probably partly after Middle French rencontrer rencounter v. Compare later rencounter v., re-encounter v. Compare also recount v.²In the late Middle English form recomptre probably by association with count v. and related words (compare forms and discussion at that entry). Now rare. †1. transitive. Scots Law. To offer or give (a pledge) in return for another; (also) to oppose the giving of (a pledge). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1410–11 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 30 The quhilk borch David Panter [etc.]..recontret. 1430 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1430/9 Quhare twa partiis apperis at the bar, the tane strek a borgh a poun a weir of law, the tother party sal hafe leif to be avisit..quhether he wil reconter it or nocht... Ande gif he recounter the borgh, and strenthis it with resonis [etc.]. 1540 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 53 William Gaderar..recontrit the said broch allegan the said Andro had denyit the action and cled the court. 1686 G. Mackenzie Observ. Acts Parl. 25 The meaning of this Act [sc. of 1429] is that if the pursuer be forc'd to find caution, to answer as law will, he may force the defender to recounter it; that is to say, to find caution also. †2. a. transitive. To encounter in battle or combat. Also intransitive: to encounter one another in battle. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > meet in battle meeteOE to meet withc1325 abattlec1400 recounter1455 check1535 to come up against1535 entertain1555 yoke1581 cope1594 conflict1599 clash1650 engage1697 engage1698 1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 279/1 It must hastely be purveid, that they [sc. enemies] mowe..be recountred and resisted. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 8 [They] recountred eche other so vygorously þ^t they brake bothe theyr speres. 1503 Rolls of Parl. VI. 544/2 They were recountred, vanquesshed,..overcome and dyvers put to deth. 1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vii. (heading) Quhow capitane Volscens..Recontrit Nysus and hys fallow. a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (St Andrews) ix. l. 3152 Þe wawart..To recownttir þe first perile, First þan entrit in þat pres. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. ii. viii. f. 16/2 [He] gatherit haistely ane army to reconter his ennymes. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 234 Quhilk efterwart gat new speiris and recounterit freischelie againe. 1750 Let. 15 May in Jrnl. Negro Hist. 13 (1928) 352 I Ordered About 70 men to go and reconter them and bring them into the castle as I Could not put up with Such an Insult. b. intransitive. To meet with in battle. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (1485) vii. xiiij. sig. n ii^v Thenne madame he recountred with the black knyght, and slewe hym in playne batail. a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 87 He..with the first has recounterit so, That..Boith hors and man is lying in the feld. c. transitive. To confront, withstand, or counteract (a feeling or action). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > resist withstandc888 withsake971 forstanda1000 to stand again ——OE withsetc1000 again-standOE to stand againOE warnc1175 wiþerhaldec1175 atstandc1220 astand1250 withsitc1300 sitc1325 asitc1330 (it) may well withc1395 reversea1400 resist1417 ofstandc1425 onstandc1425 gainstand?c1450 endure1470 obsista1475 repugna1513 recountera1525 occur1531 desist1548 impugn1577 obstrigillate1623 counter-stand1648 stem1675 repique1687 to make face to1807 to fight off1833 to stick up1838 bay1848 withstay1854 buck1857 a1525 ( J. C. Nichols Chron. Rebellion Lincs. 17 in Camden Misc. (1847) I If they wold have biden, to have recountred theire malice. a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion (1616) ii. 24 This taking recounters and meetes our taking by the deuill, and death. 1702 Behn's Forc'd Marriage (new ed.) ii. ii. 25 I must either resolve never to provoke His jealousie, or be able to re-counter [1671 re'ncounter, 1688 re'counter] his..valour. 3. a. transitive. To meet, to encounter by chance; to come upon or fall in with. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience ymetec893 findeOE meetOE counterc1325 overtakec1390 limp?a1400 tidea1400 runa1450 to fall with ——?c1475 onlightc1475 recounterc1485 recount1490 to come in witha1500 occur1531 to fall on ——1533 to fall upon ——1533 beshine1574 rencontre1582 entertain1591 cope with1594 happen1594 tocome1596 incur1599 forgather1600 thwart1601 to fall in1675 cross1684 to come across ——1738 to cross upon (or on)1748 to fall across ——1760 experience1786 to drop in1802 encounter1814 to come upon ——1820 to run against ——1821 to come in contact with1862 to run across ——1864 to knock or run up against1886 to knock up against1887 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 213 He passis fra his company..And sa is recounterit be a knycht of ffraunce. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 62 With this rodde fleeynge he..departed the troublouse clowdes that he recountred in hys waye. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 6 Ane pure man of perse, quha be chance reconntrit kyng darius. 1586–7 in R. S. Rait & A. I. Cameron King James's Secret (1927) 119 I have reconterit heir some letters vitche I send to your lordship. 1600 Gowrie Conspir. A 2 b There by accident [he] affirmed to haue recountred a baselike fellow, vnknowne to him. 1798 tr. L. F. L. de Lignac Physical View Man & Woman I. iv. 144 Neither shall we examine how and why it [sc. the venom of Cantharides] affects the membrane of the bladder in preference to those membranes which it recounters before it arrives at that part. a1994 H. Levin Scenes from Shakespeare (2000) 32 Here too they will recounter Launcelot Gobbo. †b. intransitive. To meet or fall in with someone. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > come across or meet with again-comea1382 counterc1475 occur1527 to fall on ——1533 recounter1583 greeta1627 encounter1632 rencounter1632 bemeet1656 pop1668 to fall in1808 1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) I. 756/1 Making toward the Turkes, and recountring with the Tartarians. a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 3 One Turners, a Scotsman, wheir I lay that night and wheir I recountred with several of our countrimen. †4. transitive. To meet, receive (a person) on arrival. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > welcome > meet on arrival keep1340 receivec1384 recounterc1500 c1500 Melusine (1895) 348 There were the six bretheren recountred of two noble ladyes..that honourably receyed theire lordes and brethern. †5. intransitive. Scottish. To move or turn in the opposite direction; to reverse. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)] awendOE recommence1481 relieve?1510 turn1594 remigrate1601 to cast back1622 recounter1630 regress1650 retrovert1782 to turn round1802 retrogress1860 to turn back1886 U-turn1973 1630 J. Makluire Buckler of Bodilie Health 92 When they [sc. the Hyades] rise, the Sunne being opposite to them; and the Moone recountering also,..here followeth many heavie raines. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Recounter, to turn the contrary way, to reverse, to invert; a technical term among tradesmen. Derivatives † recountering n. Obsolete the act of recountering someone or something; an instance of this, esp. a (hostile) encounter. ΘΚΠ 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 1410–11 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 32 In sic amerciament as thai aw to tyn in to this court for the wrangus reconteryng of the said borch. 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 6 They mette wyth no knightes in recountring..but that they bare hem out of their arsonnes. c1500 Melusine (1895) 132 At that recountryng were many one slayn & wounded. 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. x. 165 But ony recountering or debate, þai gaif..plegeis for peace. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. i. v. f. 5^v/1 Ilkane of thame slew othir at thair recountering. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. i. 2/1 They [sc. Heralds] are to be expert and knowing in Martial Acts, and of the Laws of Arms, as in..Encounters, Recountrings, Rescues, Challenges and Triumphs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹1410n.²1485v.1410
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