rendezvous

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an arranged meeting at a particular time and place

   The scouts agreed on a midnight rendezvous beyond the city walls.

2. 2
   noun

   a place appointed for people or groups to meet

   The ruined tower served as their rendezvous after the battle.

3. 3
   verb

   to meet at an agreed time and place

   The two patrols will rendezvous near the bridge at dawn.

Borrowed from French rendez-vous, an appointment or meeting, originally the imperative rendez vous, literally 'present yourselves' or 'go to the appointed place,' from se rendre, 'to go or report.' English later extended the noun to the meeting place and formed a verb from it.

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