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单词 acounter
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acountern.

Forms: Middle English acountre.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: acounter v.
Etymology: < acounter v. Compare Old French acontre (end of the 13th cent. in an isolated attestation), variant of encontre encounter n. Compare encounter n.
Obsolete.
An armed encounter; an attack.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun]
fightc893
coursec1325
stourc1325
acounterc1330
meetingc1330
setc1330
showera1375
brusha1400
semblya1400
hosting1422
poynyec1425
conflictc1440
militancea1460
grate1460
rencounter1471
chaplea1500
flitea1513
concourse?1520
concursion1533
rescounter1543
spurnc1560
rencontrea1572
discourse1573
action1579
combat1582
opposition1598
do1915
c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 420 (MED) Þe acountre of hem was so strong, Þat mani dyed þer-among.
a1500 (?a1400) Morte Arthur (1903) l. 1589 (MED) In Alle the batailles that launcelot had bene, With hard acountres hym A-gayne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

acounterv.

Forms: Middle English acontre, Middle English acountry, Middle English acuntre.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French acountrer, encountrer.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French (Normandy), Middle French acontrer, Anglo-Norman and Middle French acountrer (second half of the 13th cent.), variant (with prefix substitution: see a- prefix5, and compare discussion at a- prefix1 and ac- prefix) of encountrer, encuntrer, encontrer encounter v.
Obsolete.
transitive and intransitive. To meet (a person or group) as an adversary. Also: to engage in combat with.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > contend with
acounterc1330
bargainc1375
battlec1399
rencontre1455
field1529
pallc1540
cope with1582
combata1592
to grapple witha1616
to give against ——1646
fight1697
contest1764
c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) 4777 (MED) Hardi & wele doinde kniȝtes, Þat him suwed anon riȝtes..& acontred þat carroy.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 3602 (MED) So kenli þei a-cuntred at þe coupyng to-gadere, þat þe kniȝt spere in speldes alto-schiuered.
a1500 (?a1325) Otuel & Roland (1935) l. 1654 (MED) Syr Otuel..gan a country with kyng Garcy, with welle egre mood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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