encounter sb. (the sense of ‘meeting, friendly or hostile’ is the common one; 1, 2, and 3 are only S.)
1.
amatory meeting Wiv. III. v. 76, Meas. III. i. 263,
Ado III. iii. 160
“this amiable ,”
IV. i. 94, All'sW. III. vii. 32,
Troil. III. ii. 217.
2.
accosting, address
Gent. II. vii. 41.
3.
style or manner of
address, behaviour Shr. IV. v.
54, Wint. III. ii. 50,
Ham. II. ii. 164
“Mark the ,”
V. ii. 199
“outward habit of
encounter.”
