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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Render \Rend"er\ (-?r), noun [From {Rend}.] One who rends.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Render \Ren"der\ (r?n"d?r), verb (used with an object) [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 {Date}time, 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Render \Ren"der\, verb (used without an object)
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}, {provide}, {render}, {furnish}]
3: give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" [syn: {interpret}, {render}]
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" [syn: {render}, {yield}, {return}, {give}, {generate}]
5: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn: {render}, {deliver}, {return}]
6: make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" [syn: {render}, {submit}]
7: give back; "render money" [syn: {render}, {return}]
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}, {fork over}, {fork out}, {fork up}, {turn in}, {deliver}, {render}]
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}, {depict}, {render}, {show}]
10: coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the den"
11: bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks" [syn: {give}, {render}]
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}, {interpret}, {render}]
13: melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" [syn: {try}, {render}]
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