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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