I. ˈren-dər verb
( ren·dered ; ren·der·ing -d(ə-)riŋ)
Etymology: Middle English rendren, from Anglo-French rendre to give back, surrender, from Vulgar Latin * rendere, alteration of Latin reddere, partly from re- + dare to give & partly from re- + -dere to put — more at date , do
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1.
a. : to melt down
render suet
also : to extract by melting
render lard
b. : to treat so as to convert into industrial fats and oils or fertilizer
2.
a. : to transmit to another : deliver
b. : give up , yield
c. : to furnish for consideration, approval, or information: as
(1) : to hand down (a legal judgment)
(2) : to agree on and report (a verdict)
3.
a. : to give in return or retribution
b.
(1) : give back , restore
(2) : reflect , echo
c. : to give in acknowledgment of dependence or obligation : pay
d. : to do (a service) for another
4.
a.
(1) : to cause to be or become : make
enough rainfall…to render irrigation unnecessary — P. E. James
render ed him helpless
(2) : impart
b.
(1) : to reproduce or represent by artistic or verbal means : depict
(2) : to give a performance of
(3) : to produce a copy or version of
the documents are render ed in the original French
(4) : to execute the motions of
render a salute
c. : translate
5. : to direct the execution of : administer
render justice
6. : to apply a coat of plaster or cement directly to
intransitive verb
: to give recompense
• ren·der·able -d(ə-)rə-bəl adjective
• ren·der·er -dər-ər noun
II. noun
Date: 1647
: a return especially in goods or services due from a feudal tenant to his lord