render

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: rend=er
• COUNT in NET: 3 in 3 verses (in OT : 2 in 2 verses) (in NT : 1 in 1 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

render, n. [From Rend.].

 One who rends.  [1913 Webster]

render, v. t. [F. rendre, LL. rendre, fr. L. reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent.].

•  To return; to pay back; to restore.  [1913 Webster]

  "Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may."  [1913 Webster]
•  To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.  [1913 Webster]

  "I will render vengeance to mine enemies."  [1913 Webster]
•  To give up; to yield; to surrender.  [1913 Webster]

  "I 'll make her render up her page to me."  [1913 Webster]
•  Hence, to furnish; to contribute.  [1913 Webster]

  "Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue."  [1913 Webster]
•  To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.  [1913 Webster]
•  To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.  [1913 Webster]
•  To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

  "He did render him the most unnatural
  That lived amongst men."  [1913 Webster]
•  To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.  [1913 Webster]
•  To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.  [1913 Webster]

render, v. i. 

•  To give an account; to make explanation or confession.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

render, n. 

•  A surrender.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]
•  A return; a payment of rent.  [1913 Webster]

  "In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains."  [1913 Webster]
•  An account given; a statement.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

render, 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).

Idiom

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.

Derivative

renderer n.

Etymology

ME f. OF rendre ult. f. L reddere reddit- (as RE-, dare give)

THESAURUS

render

English, abandon, abide by, abjure, accompany, accomplish, accord, achieve, adhere to, administer, administrate, afford, allot, allow, assimilate to, award, become, bestow, bestow on, bring about, bring off, bring to, bring to life, bring to pass, broadcast, carry out, carry through, catch a likeness, cede, change, change into, change over, character, characterize, chart, chord, circulate, clarify, colliquate, come across with, commit, communicate, compensate, complete, concentrate, concertize, confer, construe, convert, convey, create, deal, deal out, decipher, decoct, decode, defrost, delineate, deliver, deliver over, depict, describe, diagram, discharge, disgorge, dish out, dispense, dispense with, dispose of, disseminate, distill, distribute, do, do over, do to, do without, dole, dole out, donate, draw, drop, dump, effect, effectuate, enforce, essentialize, evoke, execute, explain, express, extend, extract, fee, fill out, flux, forgo, fork out, fork over, forswear, forward, fulfill, furnish, fuse, get across, get along without, get over, get rid of, gift, gift with, give, give away, give freely, give in, give out, give over, give up, give word, give words to, go and do, govern, grant, guerdon, hand, hand in, hand on, hand out, hand over, have done with, heap, help to, hit off, honor, image, impart, implement, indemnify, inflict, infuse, interpret, issue, kiss good-bye, lavish, leave word, let have, limn, make, make a sacrifice, make known, make music, make out, make over, map, melt, melt down, mete, mete out, naturalize, notate, observe, offer, outline, paint, part with, pass, pass along, pass on, pass out, pass over, pay, pay by installments, pay on, perform, perpetrate, picture, picturize, play, play by ear, portray, pour, prepay, present, press out, print, produce, proffer, promulgate, prosecute, provide, pull off, put, put in force, put through, quitclaim, rain, reach, realize, recant, recompense, reconvert, reduce to, refine, register, relinquish, remit, remunerate, render up, renounce, rephrase, report, represent, reproduce, resign, resolve into, restate, retract, return, reverse, reward, reword, rub, run, sacrifice, salary, satisfy, schematize, send, send word, serve, set forth, share, share with, shell out, shift, shower, signal, sketch, slip, smelt, snow, soak, spare, steep, surrender, swear off, switch, switch over, symbolize, symphonize, take a rubbing, take and do, tell, tender, thaw, throw up, trace, trace out, trace over, transact, transcribe, transfer, transform, translate, transliterate, transmit, transpose, turn, turn back, turn into, turn over, unfreeze, up and do, vacate, vouchsafe, waive, wreak, wring, wring out, write, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

render

Giving

VB deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of, hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over, assign dower, present, give away, dispense, dispose of, give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out, pay, render, impart, communicate, concede, cede, yield, part with, shed, cast, spend, give, bestow, confer, grant, accord, award, assign, intrust, consign, vest in, make a present, allow, contribute, subscribe, furnish its quota, invest, endow, settle upon, bequeath, leave, devise, furnish, supply, help, administer to, afford, spare, accommodate with, indulge with, favor with, shower down upon, lavish, pour on, thrust upon, tip, bribe, tickle the palm, grease the palm, offer, sacrifice, immolate.

Restitution

VB return, restore, give back, carry back, bring back, render, render up, give up, let go, unclutch, disgorge, regorge, regurgitate, recoup, reimburse, compensate, indemnify, remit, rehabilitate, repair, reinvest, revest, reinstate, redeem, recover, take back again, revest, revert.

Conversion

VB be converted into, become, get, wax, come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into, turn out, lapse, shift, run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as, melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow, assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of, illapse, begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change, convert into, resolve into, make, render, mold, form, remodel, new model, refound, reform, reorganize, assimilate to, bring to, reduce to.

Interpretation

VB interpret, explain, define, construe, translate, render, do into, turn into, transfuse the sense of, find out, 1 the meaning of, read, spell out, make out, decipher, unravel, disentangle, find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve, read between the lines, account for, find the cause, tell the cause of, throw light upon, shed light upon, shed new light upon, shed fresh light upon, clear up, clarify, elucidate, illustrate, exemplify, unfold, expound, comment upon, annotate, popularize, take in a particular sense, understand in a particular sense, receive in a particular sense, accept in a particular sense, understand by, put a construction on, be given to understand.