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Face :: Face (v. t.) To meet in front; to oppose with firmness; to resist, or to meet for the purpose of stopping or opposing; to confront; to encounter; as, to face an enemy in the field of battle..

Formidable :: Formidable (a.) Exciting fear or apprehension; impressing dread; adapted to excite fear and deter from approach, encounter, or undertaking; alarming..

Encounter :: Encounter (v. i.) To meet face to face; to have a meeting; to meet, esp. as enemies; to engage in combat; to fight; as, three armies encountered at Waterloo..

Lick :: Lick (v. t.) To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter..

Affront :: Affront (v. t.) To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter..

Hazard :: Hazard (v. i.) To try the chance; to encounter risk or danger.

Entertain :: Entertain (v. t.) To meet or encounter, as an enemy..

Affront :: Affront (v. t.) To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.

Rencountering :: Rencountering (p. pr. & vb/ n.) of Rencounte.

Adventure :: Adventure (n.) The encountering of risks; hazardous and striking enterprise; a bold undertaking, in which hazards are to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat..

Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A skirmish; an encounter.

Engaged :: Engaged (a.) Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the engaged ships continued the fight..

Affront :: Affront (n.) An encounter either friendly or hostile.

Contest :: Contest (n.) Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter..

Chance-medley :: Chance-medley (n.) The killing of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley.

Congress :: Congress (n.) A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things.

Passage :: Passage (v. i.) A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms..

Rencountered :: Rencountered (imp. & p. p.) of Rencounte.

Encountering :: Encountering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Encounte.

Engage :: Engage (v. t.) To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict.

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