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rendezvous |
5 definitions found 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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