Etymology From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”).
[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
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This service has suffered badly from Department for Transport-inspired cuts which reduced it from hourly to two-hourly. This, coupled with regular cancellations, has rendered the train service between the area's two biggest towns almost unusable.2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:
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To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.
we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 34:
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To translate into another language.
to render Latin into English
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To pass down.
render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)
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To make over as a return.
They had to render the estate.
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To give; to give back; to deliver.
render aid; render money
to render an account of what really happened
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Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue.1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:
The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy.1980, AA book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:
I'll make her render up her page to me.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
They will feature full-motion-video backgrounds that will behave as if rendered in 3-D—the Rabbids will duck behind and jump over real objects as if they were designed into the stage.2007 December 23, Andy Salisbury, “Rascally Rabbids”, in Nintendo Power, volume 222, page 32:
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Art, ArtsBroadly To apply realistic coloring and shading.
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To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
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To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
rendering of fat into soap
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Cooking, Food, Lifestyle To have fat melt off meat from cooking.
Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.
The rope of a laniard or tackle is said to render when, by pulling upon one part, each other part takes its share of the strain.1867, W. H. Smyth, Sailor's Word-Book:
whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 14:
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Obsolete To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
I will render vengeance to mine enemies.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 32:41:
Etymology From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”).
In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demesnes.1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
And send forth us , to make their sorrow'd render, Together with a recompense more fruitful Than their offence can weigh down by the dramc. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
render
noun
Etymology From rend + -er.
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One who rends.
Oh, this render of hearts, this murderer of love, this perpetual crucifier of Christ, […]1844, The Christian, volume 1, page 498: