encounter (enkounter)

[Formerly also in counter; If I must die, I will encounter darkne as a bride. Shak., M. for M., iii. 1. When we came near any of these [Tonquin] Villages, we were commonly encountered with Beggars. Dampier , Voyages, II. i. 14. If it became him [the saint] to encounter the pain of sacrifice and to be "acquainted with grief," it behooved him also to triumph over both. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 97. 2. To meet antagonistically; engage in conflict of any kind with; contend with; make an attack upon. There are mise as bigge as our countrey dogs, and therefore they are hunted with dogs, because cats are not able to in counter them. Hakluyt's Voyages , II. 55. And as we find our pa ions do rebel, Encounter them with reason. B. Jonson, Volpone, iii. 2 Bp. Bale, Select Works, p. 7. 3t. To oppose; oppugn. Shak ., W. T., ii. 1. =Syn. 2. To confront, struggle with, contend against. II. in trans. 1. To meet; come together; come into contact or collision. Upon that were my thoughts tiring, when we encoun- Shak ., T. of A., iii. 6. Full met their stern encountering glance. Scott , Marmion, iii. 5. 2. To meet in opposition or conflict; come to- gether in combat; contend; fight. I prophesy thy death, my living sorrow, If thou encounter with the boar to-morrow. IMG:content-0439.png:[blocks in formation] Fuller, Hist. Cambridge, V. 48. encouragement (en-kur'āj-ment), n. [Former- ly also in courage ment , inc or age ment ; incoraggimento ), encourager , encourage: see encourage and-ment.] 1. The act of encouraging, or of giving courage or confidence of succe ; in- citement to action or to perseverance; a pro- moting or advancing. Somewhile with merry purpose, fit to please, And otherwhile with good encouragement . As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mor- tals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers. Hawthorne , Seven Gables, iii. 2. That which serves to excite courage or con- fidence; an encouraging fact or circumstance; an incentive or inducement; that which serves to promote or advance. What encouragement is there to venture an acquaintance with the rash and unstable? To think of his paternal care Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. Byrom, On the Lord's Prayer. encourager (en-kur'āj-er), n. One who encou- rages, incites, or stimulates to action; one who Full jolly knight he seemd, and faire did sitt, As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt. Spenser, F. Q., I. 1. 1. Leave this keen encounter of our wits. Shak., Rich. III., i. 2. Who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter ? Milton , Areopagitica, p. 52. 4. Manner of encountering; mode of accost or addre ; behavior in intercourse. O, these encounterers , so glib of tongue, That give a coasting welcome ere it comes, And wide unclasp the table of their thoughts IMG:content-0440.png:[blocks in formation] He [Plato] would have women follow the camp, to be spectators and encouragers of noble actions. Burton , Anat. of Mel., p. 529. The pope is a master of polite learning, and a great en- courager of arts. Add is on . Look here what tributes wounded fancies sent me, Of paled pearls, and rubies red as blood; Figuring that they their pa ions likewise lent me, Of grief and blushes, aptly understood In bloodle white and the encrimson'd mood. IMG:content-0441.png:[blocks in formation] (see crinoid), + -ites , E. -ite2.] noid; a stone-lily: a term especially applied to the ordinary stalked form with a cylindrical stem and well-formed arms. Encrinites compose vast strata of marble in northern Europe and North America. In fig. 2 the variety in the figures Pococke , Description of the East, II. ii. 235. encouragingly (en-kur'āj-ing-li), adv . In a manner to give courage or hope of succe . encradle (en-krā'dl), v. t.; pret. and pp. en- cradled, led , ppr. encradling . [ Beginne from first, where he encradled was In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay. encratic (en-krat'ik), a. [ ἐγκρατής , having power, po e ion, or control, self-controlling, ἐν , in, + κράτος , power, strength, κρατύς , strong, hard, = E. hard .] Of or pertaining to self-con- trol and self-denial, especially in the forms of continence and fasting or abstinence from ani- mal food. Encratism (en'krā-tizm), n. [ sent i ally evil. Encratite (en'kra-tīt), n. [ Encratitæ , ἐγκρατῖται , pl. of ἐγκρατίτης , lit. the self-dis- ciplined, continent, ἐγκρατής , self-disciplined, continent, being master, being in po e ion by the different sections represented. See Crinoi- dea. [The words a ociated with encrinite are now ar- chaic in zoology. In com- position encrinite (NL. encrinites) is generally represented by its radical element (Gr. κρίνον ), giv- ing two parallel series of IMG:content-0442.png:[blocks in formation] In the early history of the church, especially among the Gnostics, one of those ascetics who refrained from marriage and from the use of flesh-meat and wine. They were members of various heretical sects, although sometimes spoken of as a dis- tinct body founded by the apologist Tatian, of the second century. They were also called Continents . how men lived, so they did but believe aright; which wicked doctrine Tatianus, a learned Christian, did so de test, that he fell into a quite contrary,... came the sect Encratites . encraty (en'kra-ti), n. [ ἐγκράτεια , mastery, control, self-control, ἐγκρατής , having power, po e ion, or control: see encratic .] Mastery over the senses; abstinence from pleasures of sense; self-control, as exercised in fasting and continence, especially the latter. The martyrs at Lyons, as we have seen, and it may be said the School of S. John in general, were distinguished by a noble moderation: by encraty , or temperance, in the truest sense of the word. Mahan , Church History, p. 161. encrisped (en-krispt'), a. [ encrisped ; pp. of "encrisp, v., Thai shall have softe encrisped wolle [wool] And wonderly prolonged atte the fulle. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 154. With her is [hairs] encrisped , yalowe as the golde. Skelton , Garland of Laurel, 1. 289. [Formerly also in- encroach (en-krōch'), v. croach; encrochier , en- crocher, encrocier, encroquier , encrocquier (ML. in croc are ), seize upon, take, en , in, + croc, a hook: see crook , and cf. accroach .] I.t trans. To seize; take; take po e ion of; get; obtain. encumberingly, incumberingly (en-, in-kum'- ber-ing-li), adv . In a manner to encumber or impede. encumbermentt, n. [F. encombrement = Pr. encombrament = It. ingombramento ; as encит- struct i on; interference. ber + -ment.] The act of encumbering; ob- encroach He encrochez kenely by craftez of armez Countrese and castelles that to thy coroun langez. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), L. 1243. Thay ar happen also that for her harme wepes, For thay schal comfort encroche in kythes ful mony. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), iii. 18. II. in trans. 1. To enter, intrude, or trespa upon the po e ions, jurisdiction, rights, province, domain, or limits of some other person or thing; infringe upon or restrict another's right in any way; specifically, in law , to extend one's po e ion of land so as to transgre the boundary between it and the rightful po e ion or enjoyment of another or of the public: with on or upon before the object. Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. Dryden . Those who are gentle and uncomplaining, too candid to intrigue, too delicate to encroach , suffer much. Marg. Fuller , Woman in 19th Cent., p. 61. Among primitive men, individual conflicts for food pa into conflicts between hordes, when, in pursuit of food, one encroaches on another's territory. H. Spencer , Prin. of Sociol., § 448. 2. Figuratively, to intrude gradually; lay hold, as if by stealth or irresistible power: with on or upon before the object: as, old age is encroaching upon me. Superstition,... a creeping and encroaching evil. Hooker, Eccles. Polity. And listened long to the sweet sounds that thrilled The frosty air, till now the encroaching cold Recalled her to herself. Bryant, Little People of the Snow. =Syn. Trench upon, infringe upon , etc. (see trespa , v. i.); to invade, violate, creep upon.