RENDEZVOUS
rendezvous
(noun) a meeting planned at a certain time and place
tryst, rendezvous
(noun) a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
rendezvous
(noun) a place where people meet; “he was waiting for them at the rendezvous”
rendezvous
(verb) meet at a rendezvous
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rendezvous (plural rendezvous or rendezvouses)
A meeting or date.
An agreement to meet at a certain place and time.
A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
(military) The appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment.
(spaceflight) A set of orbital maneuvers during which two spacecraft arrive at the same orbit and approach to a very close distance.
(obsolete) Retreat, refuge.
Usage notes
The plural form of rendezvous (/-vu/) is normally rendezvous (/-vuz/). Rarely, the form rendezvouses is encountered.
Synonyms
• (military): RV (abbreviation)
Verb
rendezvous (third-person singular simple present rendezvouses or rendezvous, present participle rendezvousing, simple past and past participle rendezvoused)
To meet at an agreed time and place.
Source: Wiktionary
Ren"dez*vous (rn"d*voo or rn"-; 277), n.; pl. Rendezvouses (r.
Note: [Rare in the plural.] Etym: [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. An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers. Sir W. Scott.
2. Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment. The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough. Clarendon.
3. A meeting by appointment. Sprat.
4. Retreat; refuge. [Obs.] Shak.
Ren"dez*vous (rn"d-voo or rn"-; 277), v. i. [imp. &. p. p. Rendezvoused (-vood); p. pr. & vb. n. Rendezvousing (-voo*ng).]
Definition: To assemble or meet at a particular place.
Ren"dez*vous, v. t.
Definition: To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled. Echard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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