ren|dez|vous

ren|dez|vous «RAHN duh voo», noun, plural -vous «-vooz», verb, -voused «-vood», -vous|ing «-_VOO ihng».

–n.

1. an appointment or engagement to meet at a fixed place or time; meeting by agreement: »

Each tribe had usually some fixed place of rendezvous cott). Figurative. This country has a rendezvous with destiny (Franklin D. Roosevelt).

2. a meeting place; gathering place: »

The family had two favorite rendezvous, the living room and the lawn behind the house.

3. a place agreed on for a meeting at a certain time, especially of troops or ships.

4. a meeting at a fixed place or time: »

the rendezvous of a lunar module and the command ship.

–v.i.

to meet at a rendezvous.

–v.t.

U.S. to bring together (as troops, ships, or space capsules) at a fixed place.

╂[< Middle French rendezvous < rendez-vous betake (literally, present) yourself < Old French rendre (see etym. under render (Cf. ↑render)), vous < Latin vōs you, plural]