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noun

Rendezvous n. (pl. rendezvouses) (Rare in the plural)

A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet. "An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers."

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."

A meeting by appointment.

Retreat; refuge. (Obs.)

verb

Rendezvous v. t. To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled.

Rendezvous v. i. (past & past part. rendezvoused; pres. part. rendezvousing) To assemble or meet at a particular place.

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Etymology of 'Rendezvous'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Rendezvous" Quotes from Famous Books

... my cup, and pouting prettily when I paid her less attention than she thought she merited. I didn't dare pay much attention, even when she whispered, with the deliberate and thorough wantonness of a Dry-town woman of high-caste who has flung aside her fetters, something about a rendezvous at ...

— The Door Through Space • Marion Zimmer Bradley

... obliged to go to Atkinson, to send a telegram, as his letter required an immediate answer, but that he should return the same evening. This, of course, was only an excuse to get away to meet Green, and so his horse was brought up at once, and he rode away. Green was punctual at the rendezvous, and Andrews gave him full instructions; he was to remain in sight of the house, on the side near the little grove of trees, until an opportunity should occur to appear before Drysdale. Andrews then took a long ride ...

— The Somnambulist and the Detective - The Murderer and the Fortune Teller • Allan Pinkerton

... to a close, and Jack was fully two miles from camp. If he wished to reach their rendezvous before night he had no time to waste. The problem was now in the shape that Hank Hazletine's help was indispensable. If anyone could assist Fred Greenwood, the ...

— Two Boys in Wyoming - A Tale of Adventure (Northwest Series, No. 3) • Edward S. Ellis

... My rendezvous is appointed, it is certain, The Lord will be there and wait till I come on perfect terms, The great Camerado, the lover true for whom ...

— Leaves of Grass • Walt Whitman

... long-billed legions throng: From Strymon's lake, Cayster's plashy meads, And fens of Scythia green with rustling reeds; From where the Danube winds through many a land, And Mareotis laves the Egyptian strand, To rendezvous they waft on eager wing, And wait assembled the returning spring. Meanwhile they trim their plumes for length of flight, Whet their keen beaks, and twisting claws, for fight; Each crane the pygmy ...

— The Minstrel; or the Progress of Genius - with some other poems • James Beattie

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