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English Dictionary: Rendezvous by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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
    Synonym(s): tryst, rendezvous
v
  1. meet at a rendezvous
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].
  
  
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