Encounter: alternatives and connections

To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

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To collect into one place or body; to bring or call together; to convene; to congregate.

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Same as Forgather.

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Same as Forgather.

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To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

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To convene; to gossip; to meet accidentally.

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To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.

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To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize…

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The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connection. See Connection.

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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Alt. of Convergency

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The state of disagreeing; a being at variance; dissimilitude; diversity.

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Trial, as a test or experiment.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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of Fight

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of Have

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of Join

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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

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Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.

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The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adj…

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The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

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An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarrassing; a hitch.

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To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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To stand facing or in front of; to face; esp. to face hostilely; to oppose with firmness.

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A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below th…

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The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which…

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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Great.

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To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

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To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts; as, any two diameters of a circle intersect each other at the center.

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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize…

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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To stake a sum upon a hand of cards, as in the old game of gleek. See Revie.

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An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purpos…

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To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

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Act of confrontating.

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To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

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To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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of Meet

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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To take, as something that is offered, given, committed, sent, paid, or the like; to accept; as, to receive money offered in payment of a debt; to re…

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A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.

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