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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rendezvous \Ren"dez*vous\, v. t.
To bring together at a certain place to cause to be
assembled. --Echard.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rendezvous \Ren"dez*vous\ (r?n"d?*v[=oo] or {r?n}"-; 277), n.;
pl {Rendezvouses} (r?n"d?-v[=oo]`z?z).
Note: [Rare in the plural.] [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rendezvous \Ren"dez*vous\ (r[e^]n"d[e^]*v[=oo] or r[aum]N"-;
277), v. i. [imp. &. p. p. {Rendezvoused} (-v[=oo]d); p. pr
& vb n. {Rendezvousing} (-v[=oo]*[i^]ng).]
To assemble or meet at a particular place
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rendezvous
n 1: a meeting planned at a certain time and place
2: a place where people meet "he was waiting for them at the
rendezvous"
3: a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex [syn: {tryst}]
v : meet at a rendezvous
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]:
rendezvous
1. In {Ada}, the method of synchronising the activity of
different tasks.
2. Query language, close to natural English.
["Seven Steps to Rendezvous with the Casual User", E. Codd in
Data Base Management, J.W. Klimbie et al eds, N-H 1974,
pp.179-199].
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