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Definition of Encountering
1. encounter [v] - See also: encounter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Encountering
Literary usage of Encountering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"... *wanted to fight*, believing that the risk was worth encountering. So calling
the soldiers to him in successive divisions, that they might not all leave ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1917)
"THEORY OF AN AEROPLANE encountering GUSTS, II. BY EDWIN BIDWELL WILSON. 1.
This discussion is an immediate continuation of my previous treatment of the ..."
3. Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle by Jane Welsh Carlyle (1883)
"My love to Isabella, who I hope is not gone with him; for she is not strong enough
for encountering agitations of that sort. Hoping to hear soon good news ..."
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