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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Rendezvous

Rĕn'dez-vous or RĒN'/DEZ-VŌŌZ-EŞ, n.

noun

(rĕn'de-vōō) (Synop., § 130), n.; pl. [Rare.] RĒN'/DEZ-VŌŌZ-EŞ (rĕn'de-vōōz-ez). [Fr. rendez vous, render yourselves, repair to a place.]

  1. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet. “An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers.” W. Scott.
  2. Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; sometimes, a place for enlistment.

The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough. Clarendon.

  1. A meeting by appointment.
  2. A sign or occasion that draws men together. [Obs. and rare.] Bacon.

Rĕn'dez-vōus, v. i.

verbintransitive

(rĕn'de-vōō) (Synop., § 130), v. i. [imp. & p. p. RENDEZVOUSED; p. pr. & vb. n. RENDEZVOUSING.] To assemble or meet at a particular place, as troops, ships, &c.

Rēn'dez-vous, v. t.

verbtransitive

(rēn'de-vōo), v. t. To assemble or bring together at a certain place. Eckard.