† entercounterv.

Forms:

α. late Middle English entercounte, late Middle English entrecounte.

β. 1500s entrecounter, 1600s entercounter.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French entrecontrer.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French entrecontrer to confront (an adversary) in battle (12th cent. in Old French; chiefly reflexive), to meet (12th or 13th cent.; reflexive), to collide with (one another) (late 14th cent.) < entre- enter- prefix + contrer counter v.¹ Compare earlier encounter v.In α. forms (only in Caxton) with irregular loss of final r.

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. Of two or more people or things: to run counter to one another; to meet in opposition.

ΚΠ

1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xxix. sig. h8^v The wyndes..entrecounte and mete in som place.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) v. i. 70 The spyeres..tornynge so swetely..entercounted to geders in their circute about the erth.

2. intransitive. With against, with. To act or speak in opposition to something or someone, to oppose; to confront in battle.

ΚΠ

1553 J. Brooks Serm. Notable Paules Crosse sig. Bvij^v Sir cooke (saith he) it is your Office to see to pottage makyng..and not to controule Goddes doctrine, neither to entrecounter against holie writte.

1632 H. Hawkins tr. G. P. Maffei Fuga Sæculi 114 Leaue of to entercounter with vs, & acknowledge the Omnipotency of our Sauiour.

1687 P. Rycaut Hist. Turkish Empire (new ed.) 22/1 in Knolles's Turkish Hist. (ed. 6) I Ali entercountring with them, and being a brisk and hot-metled Prince, engaged and charged them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	entercounter
释义	† entercounterv. Forms: α. late Middle English entercounte, late Middle English entrecounte. β. 1500s entrecounter, 1600s entercounter. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French entrecontrer. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French entrecontrer to confront (an adversary) in battle (12th cent. in Old French; chiefly reflexive), to meet (12th or 13th cent.; reflexive), to collide with (one another) (late 14th cent.) < entre- enter- prefix + contrer counter v.¹ Compare earlier encounter v.In α. forms (only in Caxton) with irregular loss of final r. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. Of two or more people or things: to run counter to one another; to meet in opposition. ΚΠ 1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. xxix. sig. h8^v The wyndes..entrecounte and mete in som place. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) v. i. 70 The spyeres..tornynge so swetely..entercounted to geders in their circute about the erth. 2. intransitive. With against, with. To act or speak in opposition to something or someone, to oppose; to confront in battle. ΚΠ 1553 J. Brooks Serm. Notable Paules Crosse sig. Bvij^v Sir cooke (saith he) it is your Office to see to pottage makyng..and not to controule Goddes doctrine, neither to entrecounter against holie writte. 1632 H. Hawkins tr. G. P. Maffei Fuga Sæculi 114 Leaue of to entercounter with vs, & acknowledge the Omnipotency of our Sauiour. 1687 P. Rycaut Hist. Turkish Empire (new ed.) 22/1 in Knolles's Turkish Hist. (ed. 6) I Ali entercountring with them, and being a brisk and hot-metled Prince, engaged and charged them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1481
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