v.tr.
1. cause to be or become; make (rendered us helpless).
2 give or pay (money, service, etc.), esp. in return or as a thing due (render thanks; rendered good for evil).
3 (often foll. by to) a give (assistance) (rendered aid to the injured man). b show (obedience etc.). c do (a service etc.).
4 submit; send in; present (an account, reason, etc.).
5 a represent or portray artistically, musically, etc. b act (a role); represent (a character, idea, etc.) (the dramatist's conception was well rendered). c Mus. perform; execute.
6 translate (rendered the poem into French).
7 (often foll. by down) melt down (fat etc.) esp. to clarify; extract by melting.
8 cover (stone or brick) with a coat of plaster.
9 archaic a give back; hand over; deliver, give up, surrender (render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's). b show (obedience).
Phrases and idioms:
render-set v.tr. (-setting; past and past part. -set) plaster (a wall etc.) with two coats.
--n. a plastering of two coats.
--adj. of two coats.
Derivatives:
renderer n.
Etymology: ME f. OF rendre ult. f. L reddere reddit- (as RE-, dare give)