- Render
- 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. [1913 Webster]
2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite. [1913 Webster]
I will render vengeance to mine enemies. --Deut. xxxii. 41. [1913 Webster]
3. To give up; to yield; to surrender. [1913 Webster]
I 'll make her render up her page to me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute. [1913 Webster]
Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
5. To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment. [1913 Webster]
6. To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure. [1913 Webster]
7. To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
He did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
9. To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow. [1913 Webster]
10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
