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ren⋅der

1  [ren-der]
Use render in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.
2. to do; perform: to render a service.
3. to furnish; provide: to render aid.
4. to exhibit or show (obedience, attention, etc.).
5. to present for consideration, approval, payment, action, etc., as an account.
6. to return; to make (a payment in money, kind, or service) as by a tenant to a superior: knights rendering military service to the lord.
7. to pay as due (a tax, tribute, etc.).
8. to deliver formally or officially; hand down: to render a verdict.
9. to translate into another language: to render French poems into English.
10. to represent; depict, as in painting: to render a landscape.
11. to represent (a perspective view of a projected building) in drawing or painting.
12. to bring out the meaning of by performance or execution; interpret, as a part in a drama or a piece of music.
13. to give in return or requital: to render good for evil.
14. to give back; restore (often fol. by back).
15. to give up; surrender.
16. Building Trades. to cover (masonry) with a first coat of plaster.
17. to melt down; extract the impurities from by melting: to render fat.
18. to process, as for industrial use: to render livestock carcasses.
–verb (used without object)
19. to provide due reward.
20. to try out oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting.
–noun
21. Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME rendren < MF rendre < VL *rendere, alter. (formed by analogy with prendere to take) of L reddere to give back, equiv. to red- red- + -dere, comb. form of dare to give

Related forms:
ren⋅der⋅a⋅ble, adjective
ren⋅der⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
3. give, supply, contribute, afford. 4. demonstrate. 15. cede, yield.
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rend⋅er

2  [ren-der]
–noun
a person or thing that rends.
Origin:
1580–90; rend + -er 1
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ren·der   (rěn'dər)   
tr.v.   ren·dered, ren·der·ing, ren·ders
  1. To submit or present, as for consideration, approval, or payment: render a bill.
  2. To give or make available; provide: render assistance.
  3. To give what is due or owed: render thanks; rendered homage.
  4. To give in return or retribution: He had to render an apology for his rudeness.
  5. To surrender or relinquish; yield.
    1. To represent in verbal form; depict: "Joyce has attempted . . . to render . . . what our participation in life is like" (Edmund Wilson).
    2. To represent in a drawing or painting, especially in perspective.
    3. To perform an interpretation of (a musical piece, for example).
    4. To arrange: rendered the composition for string quartet.
  7. Computer Science To convert (graphics) from a file into visual form, as on a video display.
  8. Music
    1. To perform an interpretation of (a musical piece, for example).
    2. To arrange: rendered the composition for string quartet.
  9. To express in another language or form; translate.
  10. To deliver or pronounce formally: The jury has rendered its verdict.
  11. To cause to become; make: The news rendered her speechless.
  12. To reduce, convert, or melt down (fat) by heating.
  13. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Render

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

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.

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.

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.
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Language Translation for : render
Spanish: dejar, volver,
German: machen,
Japanese: ～にさせる
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render 
c.1325, "to repeat," from O.Fr. rendre "give back, present, yield," from V.L. *rendere (formed on analogy of its antonym, prendre "to take"), from L. reddere "give back, return, restore," from re- "back" + comb. form of dare "to give" (see date (1)). Meaning "hand over, deliver" is recorded from c.1375; "to return (thanks, etc.)" is attested from 1484; meaning "represent, depict" is first attested 1599. Rendering "extracting or melting of fat" is attested from 1792; sense of "reproduction, representation" is from 1862.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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