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Definition of Rendezvous

1. Noun. A meeting planned at a certain time and place.

2. Verb. Meet at a rendezvous.

3. Noun. A place where people meet. "He was waiting for them at the rendezvous"

4. Noun. A date; usually with a member of the opposite sex.

Definition of Rendezvous

1. n. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet.

2. v. i. To assemble or meet at a particular place.

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

Definition of Rendezvous

1. Noun. A meeting or date. ¹

2. Noun. An agreement to meet; a location or time agreed upon to meet. ¹

3. Verb. To meet at an agreed time and place. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rendezvous

1. [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rendezvous

rendang rendangs rended render render-set renderable rendered renderer renderers renderest

rendereth rendering renderings renders rendevous rendezvous (current term) rendezvoused rendezvouses rendezvousing rendible

rending rendingly rendition renditioned renditioning renditions rendre rendred rendres rendrest

Literary usage of Rendezvous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Military Laws of the United States: Relating to the Army, Volunteers by United States, John F. Callan (1868)
"That the expenses incurred, or to he incurred, hy marching the militia of any state or territory of the United States to their places of rendezvous, ..."

2. The Military Laws of the United States: Relating to the Army, Volunteers by United States, John F. Callan (1863)
"... or to be incurred, by marching the militia of any state or territory of the United States to their places of rendezvous, in pursuance of a requisition ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Insurance: In Four Books; I. Of Marine Insurances by Samuel Marshall (1802)
"muft le from the place of rendezvous appointed by government. ... with the warranty if a fhip depart with convoy from fuch place of rendezvous (b). ..."

4. Poems of the Great War by John William Cunliffe (1916)
"I HAVE A rendezvous WITH DEATH I HAVE a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes round with rustling shade And apple blossoms ..."

5. Poems of the Great War by John William Cunliffe (1916)
"I HAVE A rendezvous WITH DEATH I HAVE a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes round with rustling shade And apple blossoms ..."

6. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"Had he lived a few years more, he might have been a valuable recorder of a changed and changing world. " I HAVE A rendezvous WITH ..."

7. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"I HAVE A rendezvous WITH DEATH "1 I have a rendezvous with Death At some disputed barricade, When Spring comes back with rustling shade And apple-blossoms ..."

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