Rendezvous \Ren"dez*vous\ (r[e^]n"d[e^]*v[=oo] or r[aum]N"-;
277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rendezvoused (-v[=oo]d); p. pr. &
vb. n. Rendezvousing (-v[=oo]*[i^]ng).]
To assemble or meet at a particular place.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rendezvous \Ren"dez*vous\, v. t.
To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be
assembled. --Echard.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Rendezvous \Ren"dez*vous\ (r?n"d?*v[=oo] or r?n"-; 277), n.;
pl. Rendezvouses (r?n"d?-v[=oo]`z?z).
Note: [Rare in the plural.] [F. rendez-vous, properly, render
yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.]
1. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons
customarily meet.
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An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers. --Sir
W. Scott.
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2. Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the
ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for
enlistment.
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The king appointed his whole army to be drawn
together to a rendezvous at Marlborough.
--Clarendon.
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3. A meeting by appointment. --Sprat.
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4. Retreat; refuge. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rendezvous
n 1: a meeting planned at a certain time and place
2: a place where people meet; "he was waiting for them at the
rendezvous"
3: a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex [syn: tryst]
v : meet at a rendezvous
WordNet (r) 2.0
96 Moby Thesaurus words for "rendezvous":
appointment, assemble, assemblee, assembly, assignation,
assignation house, at home, ball, brawl, bunch, bunch up, caucus,
clot, cluster, collect, colloquium, come together, commission,
committee, conclave, concourse, congregate, congregation, congress,
conventicle, convention, converge, convocation, copulate, council,
couple, crowd, dance, date, diet, eisteddfod, festivity, fete,
flock together, flow together, forgather, forgathering, forum,
fuse, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around, gathering,
get-together, hangout, haunt, herd together, hive, horde,
housewarming, huddle, league, levee, link, love nest, mass, meet,
meeting, meeting place, merge, mill, muster, panel, party,
place of assignation, plenum, prom, purlieu, quorum, raise, rally,
rally around, reception, seance, seethe, session, shindig, sit-in,
sitting, soiree, stamping, stream, surge, swarm, symposium, synod,
throng, tryst, turnout, unite
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
rendezvous
1. In Ada, the method of synchronising the activity of
different tasks.
2. Query language, close to natural English.
["Seven Steps to Rendezvous with the Casual User", E. Codd in
Data Base Management, J.W. Klimbie et al eds, N-H 1974,
pp.179-199].
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
RENDEZVOUS. A place appointed for meeting.
2. Among seamen it is usual when vessels sail under convoy, to have a
rendezvous in case of dispersion by storm, an enemy, or other accident,
3. The place where military men meet and lodge, is also called a
rendezvous.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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