单词 | to make rendezvous |
释义 | > as lemmasto make rendezvous Phrases to make rendezvous and variants. a. To meet, or meet habitually, at a specified place. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > meeting or assembling for common purpose > meet or assemble for common purpose [verb (intransitive)] > at appointed time or place meetc1330 to make rendezvous1596 rendezvous1648 trysta1842 1596 Z. Jones tr. M. Barleti Hist. G. Castriot vi. 206 Al his soldiers and captains..should make their repair and rende vous at Andrinople. 1602 T. North tr. S. Goulart Lives Epaminondas, Philip of Macedon 36 To make their rende-vous with their armes at a day set downe at the towne of the Leontines. 1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. Z3 Timeseruers, who..make their Randevous[1632 Rendez-vows] always where the best cheere is stirring. 1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare v. 38 The feminine and softer sex..keep there their Rendeuouz. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. viii. xiii. 268 The Tavern where we kept our Rendezvous. View more context for this quotation 1834 Visit to Texas xii. 111 Here the famous pirate Lafitte so long made his rendezvous. 1858 Christian Examiner Sept. 282 This year, the fleet made rendezvous in mid-ocean..and on the 26th of June separated and sailed, part westward and part eastward. 1870 Times 28 Jan. 10/5 Emperors and Kings make their rendezvous at them, and get into a bad state of health. 1940 A. G. Day Coronado's Quest i. 38 Coronado planned to make a circuit toward the north,..hoping there to make rendezvous with Fray Marcos. 1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 102 Various packers and horse wranglers, with their pack-trains, moved with the party or made rendezvous with them as the work demanded. 2007 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 16 Feb. a1 He made his rendezvous with the chaplain at a coffee shop in San Leandro. b. In extended use, of things. ΚΠ ?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. I4v Yet in my Sconce ó make your Rendeuous All words that may wing Praise with Angels Plumes. 1622 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 2nd Bk. iii. Hist. xv The Lake of Geneva..payes its full tribute, and make [s] its chiefest Rendezvous before that City. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 505 There is a certaine place of sea, where these destracted tydes make their rancountering Randeuouze. a1788 W. Batty Messiah's Conquests ii, in Two Serm. (1792) 104 Merom's waters make their rendezvous, There to concert destruction on their foes. 1939 Amer. Builds (Public Wks. Admin.) xiii. 172 Los Angeles water must cross mountains and deserts for a distance of 250 Miles to make its rendezvous with the household faucets. < as lemmas |
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