rencounter
To meet, encounter, come into contact with.
archaic, transitive
To attack hand to hand.
obsolete
He gan rencounter him in equall race
Tho, whenas still he saw him towards pace,
Where it comes from
From Middle English rencounteren, rencountren, from Middle French rencontrer, corresponding to re- + encounter.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry rencounter (CC BY-SA 4.0).