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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Rendezvous

/(r?n"d?*vo͞o [or] r?n"-; 277)/ · Ren·dez·vous · IPA /ˈɹɑndəˌvu/
01 n. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.
pl. Rendezvouses ((r�n"d�-vo͞o`z�z))
  1. 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. 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. 3.
    A meeting by appointment.
  4. 4.
    Retreat; refuge.[Obs.]
02 v. i. To assemble or meet at a particular place.
imp. & p. p. Rendezvoused; p. pr. & vb. n. Rendezvousing
  1. 1.
    To assemble or meet at a particular place.
03 v. t. To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled.
  1. 1.
    To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled.