render

verb ren·der \ ˈren-dər \

Updated on: 17 Apr 2018

rendered; rendering play \ˈren-d(ə-)riŋ\

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: such 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 to

intransitive verb

: to give recompense

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renderable

play \ˈren-d(ə-)rə-bəl\ adjective

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renderer

play \ˈren-dər-ər\ noun

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Examples of render in a Sentence

Depression can render a person helpless.
Both passengers were rendered unconscious in the accident.
The sight of her rendered him speechless.
The virus rendered the computer useless.
He witnessed a car accident and stopped to render aid.
The jury rendered a verdict of not guilty.

Recent Examples of render from the Web

Close told Vanity Fair of the part, which required her to convey a complex protagonist’s narrative from the shadows—since Joan is overlooked by her own family members and rendered invisible by the world at large.

— julie miller, HWD, "Watch Glenn Close Silently Stun in "The Wife"’s First Trailer," 9 Apr. 2018
More than 20,000 people died or went missing in the tsunami that followed, with hundreds of thousands rendered homeless.

— allen pierleoni, sacbee, "William T. Vollmann has a new book and it should scare the hell out of you | The Sacramento Bee," 8 Apr. 2018
The spiritual imperative transcends everything, rendering politics, and the pursuit of truth in the ordinary sense, superfluous or even dangerous.

— The Economist, "Understand Putin by understanding his favourite thinkers," 5 Apr. 2018
The Syrian and Russian governments have repeatedly accused rebels of stopping people from exiting Eastern Ghouta and rendering useless a humanitarian corridor ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

— tamara qiblawi, frederik pleitgen and claudia otto, CNN, "Children swap basement hideouts for rooftop playgrounds after escaping war," 5 Apr. 2018
The region's cooler temperatures and relatively high elevations inevitably yield a subtler, chewier, more red-fruited wine — one whose varietal character renders a wine that's taut, firm and somewhat grippy.

— patrick comiskey, latimes.com, "Wines of the week: 3 great bottles of Chianti," 5 Apr. 2018
By all accounts, a nine requires haz-mat suits and renders any changing mat a hot zone with the same half-life as the Fukushima cafeteria.

— matt coyne, Good Housekeeping, "50% of Caring for a Baby Is Crap," 5 Apr. 2018
The Planning Commission will consider the street closures and conveyance of part of the plaza to the state, rendering a recommendation for City Council action possibly in June, officials said.

— scott huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, "Alamo Plaza street closures to be debated this spring," 4 Apr. 2018
Well, SpongeBob’s town of Bikini Bottom, rendered like an underwater hallucination at the Palace Theatre by director Tina Landau and her inventive design team, is threatened with destruction by a volcano.

— don aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, "Broadway beckons with ‘SpongeBob,’ ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘Frozen’," 12 Apr. 2018

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Origin and Etymology of render

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

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First Known Use: 14th century

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