Encountering
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Encountering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of encounter.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of encounter.
More Meanings
- An encounter; a meeting.
- (obsolete) Fit for an encounter or battle.
Example Sentences
This is still a species of reflection because it thematizes encounterings and things-as-encountered, even if they do not occur in the mental life of the person reflectively observing them.
Let vs put on our meet incountering mindes, And in deteſting ſuch a diueliſh Thiefe, In loue of honor and defence of right Be arm’d againſt the hate of ſuch a foe, Whether from earth, or hell, or heauen he grow.
Word Forms
- encounterings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include meet, confrontation, happen, chance, receive, showdown.
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