render

[ren·der]

Render is a synonym of make––technically it means "cause to become." An illness might render you unable to walk, or a shocking site might render you speechless.

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One who rends.

Noun
a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls

Verb
cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"

Verb
melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities; "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole"

Verb
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.

Verb
bestow; "give hommage"; "render thanks"

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Verb
pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"

Verb
coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the den"

Verb
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"

Verb
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"

Verb
give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

Verb
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"

Verb
give back; "render money"

Verb
make over as a return; "They had to render the estate"

Verb
provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

n.
One who rends.

v. t.
To return; to pay back; to restore.

v. t.
To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

v. t.
To give up; to yield; to surrender.

v. t.
Hence, to furnish; to contribute.

v. t.
To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.

v. t.
To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.

v. t.
To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.

v. t.
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.

v. t.
To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.

v. t.
To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.

v. i.
To give an account; to make explanation or confession.

v. i.
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.

n.
A surrender.

n.
A return; a payment of rent.

n.
An account given; a statement.

Render

Rend"er (-?r), n. [From Rend.] One who rends.

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 Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent.] 1. To return; to pay back; to restore.

Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may.

2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

I will render vengeance to mine enemies.

3. To give up; to yield; to surrender.

I 'll make her render up her page to me.

4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute.

Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue.

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.

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.

Render

Ren"der, v. i. 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.

Render

Ren"der, n. 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.

3. An account given; a statement. [Obs.] Shak.

Renderable

Ren"der*a*ble (r?n"d?r-?-b'l), a. Capable of being rendered.

One who rends.

To return; to pay back; to restore.

To give an account; to make explanation or confession.

A surrender.

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Usage Examples

I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss!

Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy sweat will get you change.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.

I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive.

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

As told in Friendship with God, if we simply decided to believe and act as if first, we're all one, and second, life is eternal, it would render virtually everything we've done all our lives pointless.

Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving the citizen as much freedom of action and of being as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.

Going home must be like going to render an account.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Philosophy and Art both render the invisible visible by imagination.

To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population.

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.

Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it.

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.

Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature. art and religion.

I've always seen the world through the eyes of a scientist. I love the predictable outcomes that science gives us, the control over the world that that can render.