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    Render , n. [From Rend.] One who rends.
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    Render , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rendered ;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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