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ren⋅der⋅ing
[ren-der-ing]
–noun
| 1. | an act or instance of interpretation, rendition, or depiction, as of a dramatic part or a musical composition: her rendering of the part of Hedda. |
| 2. | a translation: Chapman's rendering of Homer. |
| 3. | a representation of a building, interior, etc., executed in perspective and usually done for purposes of presentation. |
| 4. | Building Trades. render 1 (def. 21). |
ren⋅der
1 [ren-der]
–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
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.
3. give, supply, contribute, afford. 4. demonstrate. 15. cede, yield.
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Rendering
Ren"der*ing\, n. The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered. Specifically: (a) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. --Lowth. (b) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of plaster thus laid on. --Gwilt. (e) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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rendering graphics, text
The conversion of a high-level object-based description into a graphical image for display.
For example, ray-tracing takes a mathematical model of a three-dimensional object or scene and converts it into a bitmap image. Another example is the process of converting HTML into an image for display to the user.
(2001-02-06)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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