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ren·der       (rěn'dər)  Pronunciation Key  tr.v.   ren·dered, ren·der·ing, ren·ders To submit or present, as for consideration, approval, or payment: render a bill. To give or make available; provide: render assistance. To give what is due or owed: render thanks; rendered homage. To give in return or retribution: He had to render an apology for his rudeness. To surrender or relinquish; yield. To represent in verbal form; depict: "Joyce has attempted . . . to render . . . what our participation in life is like" (Edmund Wilson). To represent in a drawing or painting, especially in perspective. To perform an interpretation of (a musical piece, for example). To arrange: rendered the composition for string quartet. Computer Science To convert (graphics) from a file into visual form, as on a video display. Music To perform an interpretation of (a musical piece, for example). To arrange: rendered the composition for string quartet. To express in another language or form; translate. To deliver or pronounce formally: The jury has rendered its verdict. To cause to become; make: The news rendered her speechless. To reduce, convert, or melt down (fat) by heating. To coat (brick, for example) with plaster or cement. n.   A payment in kind, services, or cash from a tenant to a feudal lord. [Middle English rendren, from Old French rendre, to give back, from Vulgar Latin *rendere, alteration of Latin reddere (influenced by prēndere, to grasp) : red-, re-, re- + dare, to give; see dō- in Indo-European roots.] ren'der·a·ble adj., ren'der·er n.

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render
noun
1.	a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls
verb
1.	cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"
2.	give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply]
3.	give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" [syn: interpret]
4.	give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate renders some revenue for the family"
5.	pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"
6.	make over as a return; "They had to render the estate"
7.	give back; "render money"
8.	to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money" [syn: hand over]
9.	show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting" [syn: picture]
10.	coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the den"
11.	bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks" [syn: give]
12.	restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N." [syn: translate]
13.	melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" [syn: try]

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: ren·der
Pronunciation: 'ren-d&r
Function: transitive verb
1 : to transmit to another : DELIVER
2 : to furnish for consideration, approval, or information: as a : HAND DOWN <render a judgment> b : to agree on and report (a verdict) —compare ENTER
3 : to give in acknowledgment of dependence or obligation : make payment of
4 : to direct the execution of <render justice> —ren·der·able adjective

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Render

Rend"er\ (-?r), n. [From Rend.] One who rends.

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Render

Ren"der\ (r?n"d?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rendered (-d?rd);p. pr. & vb. n. Rendering.] [F. rendre, LL. rendre, fr. L. reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent.]

1. To return; to pay back; to restore.

Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. --Spenser.

2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

I will render vengeance to mine enemies. --Deut. xxxii. 41.

3. To give up; to yield; to surrender.

I 'll make her render up her page to me. --Shak.

4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute.

Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. --I. Watts.

5. To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.

6. To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.

7. To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.

8. To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner.

He did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men. --Shak.

9. To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.

10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.

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Render

Ren"der\, v. i. 1. To give an account; to make explanation or confession. [Obs.]

2. (Naut.) To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way. --Totten.

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Render

Ren"der\, n. 1. A surrender. [Obs.] --Shak.

2. A return; a payment of rent.

In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains. --Blackstone.

3. An account given; a statement. [Obs.] --Shak.