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Definition of RENDER

1

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress <a gentleman bandit who graciously asked his victims to render their wallets to his safe possession>

Synonyms cede, cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, lay down, relinquish, render, turn in, turn over, yield

Related Words commit, consign, entrust (also intrust), transfer; forfeit, release, waive; abnegate, renounce, resign; abandon, desert, discard, forsake, part (with), shed

Near Antonyms keep, retain, withhold

2

to make an exact likeness of <rendered Thomas Jefferson's signature for use on an array of gift items>

Synonyms clone, copycat, duplicate, imitate, reduplicate, render, replicate, reproduce

Related Words counterfeit, fake, forge, knock off, rip off; mimic, simulate; reconstruct, re-create

Near Antonyms create, imagine, initiate, invent

Antonyms originate

3

to give a representation or account of in words <the witness convincingly rendered her version of events in just a few words>

Synonyms delineate, depict, draw, image, limn, paint, picture, portray, render, set out, sketch

Related Words characterize, define, label, qualify, represent; demonstrate, illustrate; narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, tell; display, exhibit, show; hint, suggest; draft, outline, silhouette, trace, vignette; summarize, sum up, touch off; redescribe, reimage

Near Antonyms color, distort, falsify, garble, misdescribe, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp