■ verb
1》 provide or give (a service, help, etc.).
↘submit for inspection, consideration, or payment.
↘ literary hand over; sur~.
2》 cause to be or become: the rains ~ed his escape impossible.
3》 represent or depict artistically.
↘perform (a piece of music).
↘translate.
4》 melt down (fat) in order to clarify it.
↘process (the carcass of an animal) in order to extract proteins, fats, and other usable parts.
5》 cover (stone or brick) with a coat of plaster.
6》 Computing process (an image) in order to make it appear solid and three-dimensional.
■ noun a first coat of plaster applied to a brick or stone surface.
Derivatives
~er noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. rendre , from an alt. of L. reddere 'give back'.