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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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