rencounter
noun
[ rɛnˈkaʊntə ]
• a chance meeting with someone.
• "I was so well pleased with this rencounter that I forgot my resentment"
rencounter
verb
• meet by chance.
• "I wonder who those fellows were we rencountered last night"
Origin:
early 16th century: from French rencontre (noun), rencontrer ‘meet face to face’.
