Ren"dez*vous n. [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.

 

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Ren"dez*vous

To assemble or meet at a particular place.

 

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Ren"dez*vous, v. t.

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

Echard.

 

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