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ren·der  (rndr)
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.
6.
a. To represent in verbal form; depict: Joyce has attempted . . . to render . . . what our participation in life is like (Edmund Wilson).
b. To represent in a drawing or painting, especially in perspective.
7. Computer Science To convert (graphics) from a file into visual form, as on a video display.
8. Music
a. To perform an interpretation of (a musical piece, for example).
b. 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 prndere, to grasp) : red-, re-, re- + dare, to give; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

render·a·ble adj.
render·er n.


render  /rndr/  v. [T] 1 to give s.t. or do s.t., (syn.) to provide: That store renders good service to its customers. 2 to give in return as payment: He rendered thanks to God for his health and his family. 3 to put into another language, translate: It is difficult to render poetry into another language. 4 to cause a change, make s.t. become true: He was rendered speechless when his sister told him she was having a baby.||She was rendered helpless when she broke her leg. 5 frml. to give an opinion or decision: The judge will render his decision tomorrow. 6 to draw s.t., to sketch: I had an artist render a picture of my house to put in the paper since the house is for sale. render

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