encountered

en-coun-tered · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Past tense and past participle of *encounter*; unexpectedly met or came across someone or something.

  2. 2.

    Faced or experienced something, especially something difficult.

Related words

Antonyms: avoided, escaped
See also: encounter, encountered, faced, met
Synonyms: came across, experienced, faced, met

Etymology

Past tense of encounter, from Old French encontrer ("to meet, confront"), from Latin in ("in") + contra ("against").