ren·dez·vous (rän'dā-vū', -də-)
n., pl., ren·dez·vous (-vūz').

1. A meeting at a prearranged time and place. See synonyms at engagement.
2. A prearranged meeting place, especially an assembly point for troops or ships.
3. A popular gathering place: The café is a favorite rendezvous for artists.
4. Aerospace. The process of bringing two spacecraft together.

tr. & intr.v., -voused (-vūd'), -vous·ing (-vū'ĭng), -vous (-vūz').
To bring or come together at a rendezvous.

[French, from the phrase rendez vous, present yourselves, from Old French : rendez, second person pl. imperative of rendre, to present; see render + vous, yourselves, you (from Latin vōs, you).]

---

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

---