rendezvous Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a meeting planned at a certain time and place
  2. noun a place where people meet
    • he was waiting for them at the rendezvous
  3. noun a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex
    tryst.
  4. verb meet at a rendezvous

WordNet

Ren"dez*vous noun
Etymology
F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render.
Wordforms
plural Rendezvouses
Definitions
  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 intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Rendezvoused present participle & verbal noun Rendezvousing
Definitions
  1. To assemble or meet at a particular place.
Ren"dez*vous transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled. Echard.

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