English Dictionary: Rendezvous | by the DICT Development Group |
5 results for Rendezvous | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Rendezvous \Ren"dez*vous\ (r[ecr]n"d[ecr]*v[oomac] [or] r[aum]N"-; 277), v. i. [imp. &. p. p. {Rendezvoused} (-v[oomac]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Rendezvousing} (-v[oomac]*[icr]ng).] To assemble or meet at a particular place. | |
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[oomac] [or] {r?n}"-; 277), n.; pl. {Rendezvouses} (r[?]n"d[?]-v[oomac]`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 The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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]. |