What does "rendezvous" mean?

Rendezvous: Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment. The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough. Clarendon.

Additional senses

  1. 2.A meeting by appointment. Sprat.
  2. 3.Retreat; refuge. [Obs.] Shak.
  3. 4.To assemble or meet at a particular place.
  4. 5.To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled. Echard.

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