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Render (-?r), n. [From Rend.] One who rends.
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Render (r?nˈd?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rendered (-d?rd);p. pr. & vb. n. Rendering.] [F. rendre, LL. rendre, fr. L. reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent.]
1. To return; to pay back; to restore.
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Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. Spenser.
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2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
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I will render vengeance to mine enemies. Deut. xxxii. 41.
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3. To give up; to yield; to surrender.
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I 'll make her render up her page to me. Shak.
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4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute.
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Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. I. Watts.
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5. To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, “to render an account; to render judgment”.
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6. To cause to be, or to become; as, “to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.”
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7. To translate from one language into another; as, “to render Latin into English”.
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8. 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”.
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He did render him the most unnatural
That lived amongst men. Shak.
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9. To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, “to render tallow”.
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10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.
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Render, v. i.
1. To give an account; to make explanation or confession. [Obs.]
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2. (Naut.) 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.
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Render, n.
1. A surrender. [Obs.] Shak.
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2. A return; a payment of rent.
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In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains. Blackstone.
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3. An account given; a statement. [Obs.] Shak.
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