recountern.1
/rᵻˈkaʊntə/, U.S. /riˈkaʊn(t)ər/, /rəˈkaʊn(t)ər/ Now rare.
1. Scots Law. The act or an instance of returning another's pledge; a security or pledge given by the defendant of a case in return for that given by the plaintiff. Now historical.A case could not be tried without a pledge being deposited by both parties as security against their failing to appear in court or to uphold its decision.
ΚΠ
1410–11 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 30 The quhilk borch David Panter [etc.]..recontret; the quhilk recontre thai affermyt with ane borch.
1430 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1430/9 [He] sal remayn in ane unlaw of the courte ande tyn the actioun of the quhilk the borghe was fundyne. And the reconter.
1471 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1471/8/26 And thair be excepciounes, ane or ma, proponit and tharuppoune borowis and recounteris fundin [etc.].
1540 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 53 William Gaderar..recontrit the said broch allegan the said Andro had denyit the action and cled the court..apon the quhilk broch and recontyr the saidis parteis desirit ane sensiment.
1586 Burgh Court Perth 2 Aug. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Reconter May bruik & iois the said foir & myd land..but ony redemptioun recontar contradictione agane calling or impediment quhatsumeuer.
1986 Law & Hist. Rev. 4 415 One of the parties enters a recounter or a denial, pledges are given and the issue is put to an assize for proof.
2. † b. A blow, a strike. Obsolete. rare.
a. A meeting, esp. a hostile one; an encounter. Cf. rencounter n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [noun] > encounter
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rencontre1586
occurrent1592
risconter1592
rencounter1632
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > [noun] > towards each other or convergence
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convergence1713
convergency1794
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of > a hostile encounter
encounter1297
counterc1330
brusha1400
recountering1410
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encountering1482
re-encounter1525
re-encountry1569
passage1608
congression?1611
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traverse1640
clash1646
congress1646
conjunction1648
head-to-head1899
go-around1912
mano a mano1950
face-off1956
bitchfest1985
a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll.) 173 Sir Gawayne slew my sevynth sonne in a recountre.
1471 Earl of Oxford in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 185 Entendyng fro thens to goo foorth..to the rencountre of the said enemyes.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xlviv Many a Cristen man was slayne at that Recounter.
1545 T. Raynald in tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. sig. I.iii In there recountre and metyng, they produce always bygger and bygger vaines and artires.
1570 G. Buchanan Chamæleon in Vernac. Writings (1892) 50 [The Queen had] to wryte to hir lieutenentis to mak ye regent be put sauf in Scotland, and so he wes without any recontre.
1627 P. Hay Advt. Subj. Scotl. 19 Whom if hee had not at length rescued in his temerarious Recountre with Hannibal, he had perished.
1653 J. Davies tr. C. Sorel Extravagant Shepherd ii. 23 This recontre a little surpriz'd him, yet did he not appear so fearfull; and having an intention to speak to her, he chose rather to go towards her, then expect her.
1678 J. Davies tr. M. de Scudéry Clelia (new ed.) i. ii. 104/1 He shewed himself a great Captain in that Recounter [1656 reincounter].
1744 E. Haywood Fortunate Foundlings 88 He had lately a recounter with one of her former lovers, which had like to cost him his life.
1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvii. 246 I acquired such reputation by this recounter..that every body became more cautious of his behaviour towards me.
1769 Hist. Lord Clayton & Miss Meredith II. 79 Norton, piqued at the coldness, not to say contempt with which Julia had treated him, and not chusing to have any recontre with Lord Clayton about her,..determined to get her into his power by surprize.
1822 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 June 3/2 Mr. M'Duffie received his antagonist's fire in the side, which lodged near the back bone. Great apprehensions were entertained for his safety, until a few hours after the recontre took place.
1845 J. H. Ingraham Scarlet Feather i. 10 This unexpected recounter with his brother was far from pleasing, either to him or Sharp Knife.
1858 H. Miller Cruise of Betsey ii. i. 268 The agreeable recounter at the fish-beds.
1910 J. G. Huneker Let. 20 May (1924) 129 There is no sinister significance in our accidental recounter.
1943 Morning Herald (Uniontown, Pa.) 25 Aug. 11/1 Obviously, Colonel Sobeloff had made his excuses to disappear after that absurdly melodramatic recontre in the conservatory.
1994 Assemblage No. 25. 96 The optic pouch explodes into the distance instantly to envelop the megashape of downtown..only to cut the shape loose until the next recounter.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > a stroke or blow
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swengOE
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thrash1840
dolk1861
thresh1863
mace-blow1879
pulsation1891
nosebleeder1921
slosh1936
smackeroo1942
dab-
c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) cxx. 431 The Gryffon resyd vp his fete and spredde..his wyngis, and gaue Huon suche a recountre that the noble knyghte was stryken to the erthe.
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recountern.2
/rᵻˈkaʊntə/, U.S. /riˈkaʊn(t)ər/, /rəˈkaʊn(t)ər/ A person who recounts something; a narrator.Now frequently with modifying adjective.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > narration > [noun] > narrator
teller1340
expositora1398
accounterc1400
reporterc1405
provinoura1475
recounter1485
relator1588
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repeater1598
narrator1599
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nomenclator1628
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relatist1656
narrater1758
narratrix1796
narratress1798
1485–6 W. Caxton tr. Laurent Ryal Bk. li. sig. f iijv The recounters been ofte holden for fooles & lyars.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 158 Wise counselers and recounters of honestie and vertue, are reiected.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1593) v. sig. Qq4 I shall need to bee but a briefe recounter, and no rhetoricall enlarger of this most harmefull mischiefe.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een melder, a Mentioner, a Rehearser, a Recounter, or a Teller.
1686 A. Behn Lover's Watch 42 Those Re-counters of Adventures, that are always telling of Intrigues.
1760 C. Hervey Let. 2 Oct. in Lett. from Portugal, Spain, Italy & Germany in Years 1759, 1760, 1761 (1785) II. 419 I will fill my present paper with an affair that happened at Leghorne a few years ago; for the truth of which I can only rest upon the faith of the recounter.
1845 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Apr. 384/1 As a recounter of mere legends, Mr. Hawthorne claims high praise.
1892 E. C. Stedman Nature & Elem. Poetry iii. 79 Recounter and hearers around the desert fire.
1928 Sci. News Lett. 13 247/1 Long abused as an extravagant liar, Marco Polo has only recently received his due place as a sober recounter of adventures in alien lands.
1953 E. Partridge Shaggy Dog Story ii. 17 Not even the most cavalier of casual recounters may omit two extremely significant and pertinent literary examples.
2005 Indian Express (Nexis) 30 Oct. Gilmour is a passionate recounter of the stories of the men and women of the Victorian Raj.
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recounterv.
/rᵻˈkaʊntə/, U.S. /riˈkaʊn(t)ər/, /rəˈkaʊn(t)ər/α. late Middle English recomptre, 1700s reconter; Scottish pre-1700 recointer, pre-1700 reconntre, pre-1700 reconter, pre-1700 recontir, pre-1700 recontre, pre-1700 recontyr, pre-1700 recunter, pre-1700 recuntir, pre-1700 recuntyr.
β. late Middle English recountar (in a late copy), late Middle English recountir, late Middle English–1600s recountre, 1700s 1900s– recounter; Scottish pre-1700 recountir, pre-1700 recowntre, pre-1700 recowntter, pre-1700 recownttir, pre-1700 1700s recountre, pre-1700 1800s– recounter.
Now rare.† 1. transitive. Scots Law. To offer or give (a pledge) in return for another; (also) to oppose the giving of (a pledge). Obsolete.† 2. † 4. transitive. To meet, receive (a person) on arrival. Obsolete. rare.† 5. intransitive. Scottish. To move or turn in the opposite direction; to reverse. Obsolete. rare.
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1410–11 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 30 The quhilk borch David Panter [etc.]..recontret.
1430 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1430/9 Quhare twa partiis apperis at the bar, the tane strek a borgh a poun a weir of law, the tother party sal hafe leif to be avisit..quhether he wil reconter it or nocht... Ande gif he recounter the borgh, and strenthis it with resonis [etc.].
1540 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 53 William Gaderar..recontrit the said broch allegan the said Andro had denyit the action and cled the court.
1686 G. Mackenzie Observ. Acts Parl. 25 The meaning of this Act [sc. of 1429] is that if the pursuer be forc'd to find caution, to answer as law will, he may force the defender to recounter it; that is to say, to find caution also.
a. transitive. To encounter in battle or combat. Also intransitive: to encounter one another in battle. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > meet in battle
meeteOE
to meet withc1325
abattlec1400
recounter1455
check1535
to come up against1535
entertain1555
yoke1581
cope1594
conflict1599
clash1650
engage1697
engage1698
1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 279/1 It must hastely be purveid, that they [sc. enemies] mowe..be recountred and resisted.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Paris & Vienne (1957) 8 [They] recountred eche other so vygorously þt they brake bothe theyr speres.
1503 Rolls of Parl. VI. 544/2 They were recountred, vanquesshed,..overcome and dyvers put to deth.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid ix. vii. (heading) Quhow capitane Volscens..Recontrit Nysus and hys fallow.
a1525 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (St Andrews) ix. l. 3152 Þe wawart..To recownttir þe first perile, First þan entrit in þat pres.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. ii. viii. f. 16/2 [He] gatherit haistely ane army to reconter his ennymes.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 234 Quhilk efterwart gat new speiris and recounterit freischelie againe.
1750 Let. 15 May in Jrnl. Negro Hist. 13 (1928) 352 I Ordered About 70 men to go and reconter them and bring them into the castle as I Could not put up with Such an Insult.
b. intransitive. To meet with in battle. Obsolete.
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a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (1485) vii. xiiij. sig. n iiv Thenne madame he recountred with the black knyght, and slewe hym in playne batail.
a1500 Lancelot of Laik (1870) 87 He..with the first has recounterit so, That..Boith hors and man is lying in the feld.
c. transitive. To confront, withstand, or counteract (a feeling or action). Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > resist
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to stand again ——OE
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again-standOE
to stand againOE
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stem1675
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to make face to1807
to fight off1833
to stick up1838
bay1848
withstay1854
buck1857
a1525 ( J. C. Nichols Chron. Rebellion Lincs. 17 in Camden Misc. (1847) I If they wold have biden, to have recountred theire malice.
a1599 R. Rollock Lect. Hist. Passion (1616) ii. 24 This taking recounters and meetes our taking by the deuill, and death.
1702 Behn's Forc'd Marriage (new ed.) ii. ii. 25 I must either resolve never to provoke His jealousie, or be able to re-counter [1671 re'ncounter, 1688 re'counter] his..valour.
3. † b. intransitive. To meet or fall in with someone. Obsolete. rare.
a. transitive. To meet, to encounter by chance; to come upon or fall in with.
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the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (transitive)] > encounter or experience
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findeOE
meetOE
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to come in witha1500
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to fall on ——1533
to fall upon ——1533
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to fall in1675
cross1684
to come across ——1738
to cross upon (or on)1748
to fall across ——1760
experience1786
to drop in1802
encounter1814
to come upon ——1820
to run against ——1821
to come in contact with1862
to run across ——1864
to knock or run up against1886
to knock up against1887
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 213 He passis fra his company..And sa is recounterit be a knycht of ffraunce.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xvi. 62 With this rodde fleeynge he..departed the troublouse clowdes that he recountred in hys waye.
c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) 6 Ane pure man of perse, quha be chance reconntrit kyng darius.
1586–7 in R. S. Rait & A. I. Cameron King James's Secret (1927) 119 I have reconterit heir some letters vitche I send to your lordship.
1600 Gowrie Conspir. A 2 b There by accident [he] affirmed to haue recountred a baselike fellow, vnknowne to him.
1798 tr. L. F. L. de Lignac Physical View Man & Woman I. iv. 144 Neither shall we examine how and why it [sc. the venom of Cantharides] affects the membrane of the bladder in preference to those membranes which it recounters before it arrives at that part.
a1994 H. Levin Scenes from Shakespeare (2000) 32 Here too they will recounter Launcelot Gobbo.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] > come across or meet with
again-comea1382
counterc1475
occur1527
to fall on ——1533
recounter1583
greeta1627
encounter1632
rencounter1632
bemeet1656
pop1668
to fall in1808
1583 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (ed. 4) I. 756/1 Making toward the Turkes, and recountring with the Tartarians.
a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 3 One Turners, a Scotsman, wheir I lay that night and wheir I recountred with several of our countrimen.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > use courteous actions or expressions to [verb (transitive)] > welcome > meet on arrival
keep1340
receivec1384
recounterc1500
c1500 Melusine (1895) 348 There were the six bretheren recountred of two noble ladyes..that honourably receyed theire lordes and brethern.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > change of direction, reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)]
awendOE
recommence1481
relieve?1510
turn1594
remigrate1601
to cast back1622
recounter1630
regress1650
retrovert1782
to turn round1802
retrogress1860
to turn back1886
U-turn1973
1630 J. Makluire Buckler of Bodilie Health 92 When they [sc. the Hyades] rise, the Sunne being opposite to them; and the Moone recountering also,..here followeth many heavie raines.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Recounter, to turn the contrary way, to reverse, to invert; a technical term among tradesmen.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of > a hostile encounter
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counterc1330
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recountering1410
recountera1470
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re-encounter1525
re-encountry1569
passage1608
congression?1611
confronta1626
traverse1640
clash1646
congress1646
conjunction1648
head-to-head1899
go-around1912
mano a mano1950
face-off1956
bitchfest1985
1410–11 in C. Innes Registrum Episcopatus Brechinensis (1856) I. 32 In sic amerciament as thai aw to tyn in to this court for the wrangus reconteryng of the said borch.
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 6 They mette wyth no knightes in recountring..but that they bare hem out of their arsonnes.
c1500 Melusine (1895) 132 At that recountryng were many one slayn & wounded.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1901) I. ii. x. 165 But ony recountering or debate, þai gaif..plegeis for peace.
c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. i. v. f. 5v/1 Ilkane of thame slew othir at thair recountering.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory i. i. 2/1 They [sc. Heralds] are to be expert and knowing in Martial Acts, and of the Laws of Arms, as in..Encounters, Recountrings, Rescues, Challenges and Triumphs.
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