I. ren·der ˈrendə(r) verb
( rendered ; rendered ; rendering -d(ə)riŋ ; renders )
Etymology: Middle English rendren, from Middle French rendre to give back, deliver, yield, cause to become, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin rendere, alteration (influenced by Latin prendere to take, contraction of praehendere ) of Latin reddere, partly from red- re- + dare to give, partly from red- + -dere to put — more at prehensile , date , do
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to say over : recite , repeat
2.
a. : to melt down : extract or clarify by melting : try
render lard, oil, or wax
b. : to treat so as to extract the fat
render garbage
3.
a. : to hand over to another (as the intended recipient) : deliver , transmit
his father left him gold … which was not rendered to him — Alfred Tennyson
b. : to give up : surrender , yield
render one's life for a cause
a term … so sacrosanct that the material goods of this life must be mysteriously rendered up for it — R.M.Weaver
c. : to furnish for consideration, approval, or information
rendered a report to … Congress concerning plant disposal — D.D.Eisenhower
render an annual account to the court of his trusteeship
as
(1) : to send (a bill) to a customer
render accounts at the first of the month
(2) : to hand down (a legal judgment) : give as a verdict
in the Federal District Court … a verdict of $1,295 and costs was rendered against them — American Guide Series: Michigan
d. archaic : to present (oneself) at a place
the most distant members … may probably render themselves at Philadelphia in fifteen to twenty days — Benjamin Franklin
4.
a.
(1) : to give in reward or retribution
render them their due reward — Ps 28:4 (Revised Standard Version)
see that none render evil for evil — 1 Thess 5:15 (Authorized Version)
(2) : to give (thanks) for something received
thanksgiving … we render to God for you — 1 Thess 3:9 (Revised Standard Version)
(3) archaic : to give reward or retribution for : requite
render to every man his righteousness — 1 Sam 26:23 (Authorized Version)
b.
(1) : to give back : repay , restore
render to the earth the bodies of the dead
(2) : to cause (an image or sound) to return : reflect , echo
the heart's echoes render no song when the spirit is mute — P.B.Shelley
c. : to give (as rent, honor) in acknowledgment of dependence or obligation : give (something due) to another : pay
the serf … might enjoy his land so long as he rendered three days' work in the week to his lord — G.G.Coulton
the failure of those living to … render due respect to its memory — American Guide Series: Delaware
d. : to do (a service) for another
thanked them for the service they had rendered him
: give (as help) to another
having rendered at least five years of service as such an officer — U.S. Code
stand by and render help if help be needed — Rafael Sabatini
the protection they render in winter against the cold winds from the interior — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington
5. obsolete : to give out : emit
cedar, which renders a fine fragrancy — Samuel Gale
6.
a. : to put into a state
a novelist of more meager talents … would render this sugary situation into pure hokum — Martin Levin
b.
(1) : to cause to be or become : make
enough rainfall in the average year to render irrigation unnecessary — P.E.James
the building of the railroad … rendered a road of even less importance — G.R.Stewart
this literalness … renders it a fine introduction to twelve-tone music — Arthur Berger
(2) : to cause something to have : impart
the college is one of the great social institutions which renders form and continuity to American culture — Encyc. Americana
c.
(1) : to put into artistic or verbal form : reproduce or represent by artistic or verbal means (as music, painting, writing) : execute in an artistic or verbal medium : depict , express
music has set itself to rendering the modern mood — Irving Babbitt
a society painter must render a likeness of his subject — Arnold Isenberg
the problem of rendering every unique sensation, never merely pointing, naming, summarizing — H.J.Muller
aimed at rendering its meaning in an English that would not become dated — Current Biography
(2) obsolete : to describe or represent as having a given character or being in a given condition : give out to be
I have heard him speak of that same brother, and he did render him the most unnatural that lived amongst men — Shakespeare
(3) : to give an interpretation or performance of (an artistic work or element or dramatic role)
called upon to render duets at every stop — Current Biography
(4) : to produce a copy or version of
the documents are rendered in their original French — Robert Lawrence
(5) : to execute the motions of (as a salute)
a … major appeared before us to render a meticulous salute — Infantry Journal
d. : to put into another language or into other words : translate
every document … must be rendered into several languages — R.H.Jackson
: reword
a famous sea song now rendered down for landsmen's hearing — Gavin Douglas
7. : to direct the execution of (as justice) : administer
in ancient Ireland it was either the local king or the high king … who rendered justice — E.D.Chapple & C.S.Coon
8. : to apply a coat of plaster or cement directly to
buildings should be made as ratproof as possible by rendering the walls with cement — F.D.Smith & Barbara Wilcox
9.
a. : to cause (a rope) to pass or run through a block or loop (as by slackening it off)
b. : to coil (a rope) so as to ensure kink-free redelivery when wanted
10. chiefly Britain : to apply a medium (as ink, crayon, ink wash) to (a drawing) so as to bring out form and modeling
intransitive verb
1. : to give recompense
for he will render to every man according to his works — Rom 2:6 (Revised Standard Version)
2. : to pass or run smoothly (as through a block or off a coil)
3. : to extract fat, oil, or wax by melting (as in boiling water, steam, benzine)
4. chiefly Britain : to finish a perspective drawing so as to bring out form and modeling
II. render noun
( -s )
1. obsolete : surrender
2. : a return in kind, services, or money due from a tenant to his superior in feudal England
the normal render due to a lord from a ten-hide estate — F.M.Stenton
3. archaic : the act of rendering an account or statement
4. : a coat of plaster or cement applied directly on a wall
III. rend·er noun
( -s )
Etymology: rend + -er
: one that rends