encounter (n.) Old form(s): incounter
liaison, intercourse, amorous affair
Ham II.ii.164[Polonius to Claudius, of Hamlet and Ophelia's meeting] Mark the encounter [also: sense 3]
MA III.iii.146[Borachio to Conrade, of himself meeting Margaret] the Prince, Claudio, and my master ... saw afar off in the orchard this amiable encounter
MM III.i.252[disguised Duke to Isabella] If the encounter acknowledge itself hereafter
MW III.v.68[Falstaff to Ford as Brook, of Mistress Ford] her husband ... comes me in the instant of our encounter
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