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render

ren·der

UK/ˈɹɛn.də/ US/ˈɹɛn.dɚ/ fairly common

verb

1.

cause to become

  • “The shot rendered her immobile”
2.

provide or furnish with

  • “We provided the room with an electrical heater”
3.

give an interpretation or rendition of

  • “The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully”
Synonyms
4.

give or supply

  • “The cow brings in 5 liters of milk”
  • “This year”
  • “;”
5.

pass down

  • “render a verdict”
  • “deliver a judgment”
6.

make over as a return

  • “They had to render the estate”
Synonyms
7.

give back

  • “render money”
Synonyms
8.

to surrender someone or something to another

  • “the guard delivered the criminal to the police”
  • “render up the prisoners”
  • “render the town to the enemy”
  • “fork over the money”
9.

show in, or as in, a picture

  • “This scene depicts country life”
  • “the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting”
10.

coat with plastic or cement

  • “render the brick walls in the den”
11.

bestow

  • “give hommage”
  • “render thanks”
Synonyms
12.

restate (words) from one language into another language

  • “I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.”
  • “Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?”
  • “She rendered the French poem into English”
  • “He translates for the U.N.”
13.

melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities

  • “try the yak butter”
  • “render fat in a casserole”
Synonyms

noun

Origin

From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”).

Phrases

  • render down
  • render off
  • render unto Caesar

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