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Render   /rˈɛndər/   Listen
verb
Render  v. t.  (past & past part. rendered;pres. part. rendering)  
1.
To return; to pay back; to restore. "Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may."
2.
To inflict, as a retribution; to requite. "I will render vengeance to mine enemies."
3.
To give up; to yield; to surrender. "I 'll make her render up her page to me."
4.
Hence, to furnish; to contribute. "Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue."
5.
To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.
6.
To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.
7.
To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.
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. "He did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men."
9.
To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.
10.
To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.



Render  v. i.  
1.
To give an account; to make explanation or confession. (Obs.)
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.



noun
Render  n.  One who rends.



Render  n.  
1.
A surrender. (Obs.)
2.
A return; a payment of rent. "In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains."
3.
An account given; a statement. (Obs.)






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... then it was that some of Sir Phelim O'Neill's wild followers in revenge, and in fear of the advancing army, massacred their prisoners in some of the towns in Tyrone. The subsequent cruelties were not on one side only, and were magnified to render the Irish detestable, so as to make it impossible for the king to seek their aid without ruining his cause utterly in England. The story of the massacre, invented to serve the politics of the hour, has been since kept ...
— The Land-War In Ireland (1870) - A History For The Times • James Godkin

... the sad product of his illness of body, to fight against his friend, to battle against his one chance of recovery? That would complicate matters. That—Isaacson clearly recognized it—would place him at so grave a disadvantage that it might render his position impossible. What had been the scene last night after he had left the Loulia? How had it affected the sick man? Again he seemed to hear that dreadful laughter, the cries that had followed ...
— Bella Donna - A Novel • Robert Hichens

... strokes are before it touches the ground. The bracciali are hollow tubes of wood, thickly studded outside with pointed bosses, projecting an inch and a half, and having inside, across the end, a transverse bar, which is grasped by the hand, so as to render them manageable to the wearer. The balls, which are of the size of a large cricket-ball, are made of leather, and are so heavy, that, when well played, they are capable of breaking the arm, unless properly received on the bracciale. They are inflated with air, which is pumped into ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 5, No. 28, February, 1860 • Various

... dearest girl, would be impossible. Such a hue and cry would be raised after us as would render nothing short of positive invisibility capable of protecting us from our enemies. Then your father!—such a step might possibly break his heart; a calamity which would fill your mind with remorse to the last day ...
— Willy Reilly - The Works of William Carleton, Volume One • William Carleton

... the outcry of a woman. If thou see a fair jewel, possess thyself of it, and give it to another, for thus thou shalt obtain praise. If thou see a fair woman, pay thy court to her, whether she will or no; for thus thou wilt render thyself a better and more esteemed man ...
— The Mabinogion Vol. 1 (of 3) • Owen M. Edwards


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