rencounter
/rɛnˈkaʊntə
/archaic
noun
1A chance meeting with someone: I was so well pleased with this rencounter that I forgot my resentment
1.1A battle, skirmish, or duel: three little rencounters have happened with the enemy...
- The idea of a Morgan too sensitive for ‘base rencounters’ challenges belief a little, but perhaps it was so.
verb [with object]
Meet by chance: I wonder who those fellows were we rencountered last night
Origin
Early 16th century: from French rencontre (noun), rencontrer 'meet face to face'.