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render

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Main Entry: 1ren·der
Pronunciation: \ˈren-dər\
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): ren·dered; ren·der·ing \-d(ə-)riŋ\
Etymology: Middle English rendren, from Anglo-French rendre to give back, surrender, from Vulgar Latin *rendere, alteration of Latin reddere, partly from re- + dare to give & partly from re- + -dere to put — more at date, do
Date: 14th century

transitive verb 1 a : to melt down <render suet>; also : to extract by melting <render lard> b : to treat so as to convert into industrial fats and oils or fertilizer
2 a : to transmit to another : deliver b : give up, yield c : to furnish for consideration, approval, or information: as (1) : to hand down (a legal judgment) (2) : to agree on and report (a verdict)
3 a : to give in return or retribution b (1) : give back, restore (2) : reflect, echo c : to give in acknowledgment of dependence or obligation : pay d : to do (a service) for another
4 a (1) : to cause to be or become : make <enough rainfall…to render irrigation unnecessary — P. E. James> <rendered him helpless> (2) : impart b (1) : to reproduce or represent by artistic or verbal means : depict (2) : to give a performance of (3) : to produce a copy or version of <the documents are rendered in the original French> (4) : to execute the motions of <render a salute> c : translate
5 : to direct the execution of : administer <render justice>
6 : to apply a coat of plaster or cement directly tointransitive verb : to give recompense

ren·der·able \-d(ə-)rə-bəl\ adjective

ren·der·er \-dər-ər\ noun


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