render

[ ren-der ]

/ ˈrɛn dər /

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verb (used with object)

to cause to be or become; make: to render someone helpless.

to do; perform: to render a service.

to furnish; provide: to render aid.

to exhibit or show (obedience, attention, etc.).

to present for consideration, approval, payment, action, etc., as an account.

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.

to pay as due (a tax, tribute, etc.).

to deliver formally or officially; hand down: to render a verdict.

to translate into another language: to render French poems into English.

to represent; depict, as in painting: to render a landscape.

to represent (a perspective view of a projected building) in drawing or painting.

to bring out the meaning of by performance or execution; interpret, as a part in a drama or a piece of music.

to use the processing power of computer hardware and software to synthesize (the components of an image or animation) in a final graphic output.

to give in return or requital: to render good for evil.

to give back; restore (often followed by back).

to send (a suspected criminal) abroad; subject to rendition(def 4).

to give up; surrender.

Building Trades. to cover (masonry) with a first coat of plaster.

to melt down; extract the impurities from by melting: to render fat.

to process, as for industrial use: to render livestock carcasses.

verb (used without object)

to provide due reward.

to try out oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting.

noun

Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.

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Origin of render

1275–1325; Middle English rendren < Middle French rendre < Vulgar Latin *rendere, alteration (formed by analogy with prendere to take) of Latin reddere ‘to give back’, equivalent to red- red- + -dere, combining form of dare ‘to give’

SYNONYMS FOR render

3 give, supply, contribute, afford.

4 demonstrate.

17 cede, yield.

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OTHER WORDS FROM render

ren·der·a·ble, adjectiveren·der·er, nounun·ren·der·a·ble, adjectiveun·ren·dered, adjective

well-ren·dered, adjective

Words nearby render

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Definition for render (2 of 2)

render²

[ ren-der ]

/ ˈrɛn dər /

noun

a person or thing that rends or tears something apart forcefully or violently.

Origin of render

First recorded in 1580–90; rend + -er¹

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Example sentences from the Web for render

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Delisting the Yellowstone grizzly will render this achievable goal of connectivity impossible.
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Despite the high numbers, the CDC has stressed the notion that a quick response may render them “very unlikely.”
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No casual clicker should have access to this footage, let alone feel entitled to render some sort of verdict.
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I think here we ought to make a distinction, in order to render this point more intelligible.
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Something has been done of late years, however, to render its diagnosis more easy.
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Upon each change of governor Nairne was required to appear at Quebec to render fealty and homage.
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And with respect to smuggling, they command us to render tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom.
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Sloth and superstition equally counterwork providence, and render the bounty of heaven of no effect.
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British Dictionary definitions for render

render

/ (ˈrɛndə) /

verb (tr)

to present or submit (accounts, etc) for payment, approval, or action

to give or provide (aid, charity, a service, etc)

to show (obedience), as due or expected

to give or exchange, as by way of return or requitalto render blow for blow

to cause to becomegrief had rendered him simple-minded

to deliver (a verdict or opinion) formally

to portray or depict (something), as in painting, music, or acting

computing to use colour and shading to make a digital image look three-dimensional and solid

to translate (something) into another language or form

(sometimes foll by up) to yield or givethe tomb rendered up its secret

(often foll by back) to return (something); give back

to cover the surface of (brickwork, stone, etc) with a coat of plaster

(often foll by down) to extract (fat) from (meat) by melting

nautical

to reeve (a line)
to slacken (a rope, etc)

history (of a feudal tenant) to make (payment) in money, goods, or services to one's overlord

noun

a first thin coat of plaster applied to a surface

history a payment in money, goods, or services made by a feudal tenant to his lord

Derived forms of render

renderable, adjectiverenderer, noun

Word Origin for render

C14: from Old French rendre, from Latin reddere to give back (influenced by Latin prendere to grasp), from re- + dare to give

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verb (used without object)

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