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rendezvous (n.)

1590s, "place for assembling of troops," from Middle French rendez-vous, noun use of rendez vous "present yourselves," from rendez, plural imperative of rendre "to present" (see render (v.)) + vous "you," from Latin vos, from PIE *wos- "you" (plural). General sense of "appointed place of meeting" is attested from 1590s.

rendezvous (v.)

1640s, from rendezvous (n.).

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Definitions of rendezvous from WordNet
1
rendezvous (n.)
a meeting planned at a certain time and place;
rendezvous (n.)
a place where people meet;
he was waiting for them at the rendezvous
rendezvous (n.)
a date; usually with a member of the opposite sex;
Synonyms: tryst
2
rendezvous (v.)
meet at a rendezvous;
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