Render

7 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Render \Rend"er\ (-?r), n. [From {Rend}.]
     One who rends.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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
     {Date}time, and cf. {Reddition}, {Rent}.]
     1. To return; to pay back; to restore.
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              Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
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              I will render vengeance to mine enemies. --Deut.
                                                    xxxii. 41.
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     3. To give up; to yield; to surrender.
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              I 'll make her render up her page to me. --Shak.
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     4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute.
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              Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and
              virtue.                               --I. Watts.
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     5. To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an
        account; to render judgment.
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     6. To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more
        safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.
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     7. To translate from one language into another; as, to render
        Latin into English.
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     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.
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              He did render him the most unnatural
              That lived amongst men.               --Shak.
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     9. To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty
        animal substances; as, to render tallow.
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     10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of
         lath.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Render \Ren"der\, v. i.
     1. To give an account; to make explanation or confession.
        [Obs.]
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     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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Render \Ren"der\, n.
     1. A surrender. [Obs.] --Shak.
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     2. A return; a payment of rent.
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              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.
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     3. An account given; a statement. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  render
       n : a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to
           masonry walls
       v 1: cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"
       2: provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an
          electrical heater" [syn: {supply}, {provide}, {furnish}]
       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" [syn: {yield}, {return},
           {give}, {generate}]
       5: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn: {deliver},
           {return}]
       6: make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" [syn:
           {submit}]
       7: give back; "render money" [syn: {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}, {get in}, {deliver}]
       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}, {show}]
       10: coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the
           den"
       11: bestow; "give hommage"; "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},
            {interpret}]
       13: melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities;
           "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" [syn: {try}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  279 Moby Thesaurus words for "render":
     English, abandon, abide by, abjure, accompany, accomplish, accord,
     achieve, adhere to, administer, administrate, afford, allot, allow,
     assimilate to, award, become, bestow, bestow on, bring about,
     bring off, bring to, bring to life, bring to pass, broadcast,
     carry out, carry through, catch a likeness, cede, change,
     change into, change over, character, characterize, chart, chord,
     circulate, clarify, colliquate, come across with, commit,
     communicate, compensate, complete, concentrate, concertize, confer,
     construe, convert, convey, create, deal, deal out, decipher,
     decoct, decode, defrost, delineate, deliver, deliver over, depict,
     describe, diagram, discharge, disgorge, dish out, dispense,
     dispense with, dispose of, disseminate, distill, distribute, do,
     do over, do to, do without, dole, dole out, donate, draw, drop,
     dump, effect, effectuate, enforce, essentialize, evoke, execute,
     explain, express, extend, extract, fee, fill out, flux, forgo,
     fork out, fork over, forswear, forward, fulfill, furnish, fuse,
     get across, get along without, get over, get rid of, gift,
     gift with, give, give away, give freely, give in, give out,
     give over, give up, give word, give words to, go and do, govern,
     grant, guerdon, hand, hand in, hand on, hand out, hand over,
     have done with, heap, help to, hit off, honor, image, impart,
     implement, indemnify, inflict, infuse, interpret, issue,
     kiss good-bye, lavish, leave word, let have, limn, make,
     make a sacrifice, make known, make music, make out, make over, map,
     melt, melt down, mete, mete out, naturalize, notate, observe,
     offer, outline, paint, part with, pass, pass along, pass on,
     pass out, pass over, pay, pay by installments, pay on, perform,
     perpetrate, picture, picturize, play, play by ear, portray, pour,
     prepay, present, press out, print, produce, proffer, promulgate,
     prosecute, provide, pull off, put, put in force, put through,
     quitclaim, rain, reach, realize, recant, recompense, reconvert,
     reduce to, refine, register, relinquish, remit, remunerate,
     render up, renounce, rephrase, report, represent, reproduce,
     resign, resolve into, restate, retract, return, reverse, reward,
     reword, rub, run, sacrifice, salary, satisfy, schematize, send,
     send word, serve, set forth, share, share with, shell out, shift,
     shower, signal, sketch, slip, smelt, snow, soak, spare, steep,
     surrender, swear off, switch, switch over, symbolize, symphonize,
     take a rubbing, take and do, tell, tender, thaw, throw up, trace,
     trace out, trace over, transact, transcribe, transfer, transform,
     translate, transliterate, transmit, transpose, turn, turn back,
     turn into, turn over, unfreeze, up and do, vacate, vouchsafe,
     waive, wreak, wring, wring out, write, yield
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  RENDER. To yield; to return; to give again; it is the reverse of prender.