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render

ren·der [ réndər ]


verb  (past and past participle ren·dered, present participle ren·der·ing, 3rd person present singular ren·ders)
Definition:
 
1. transitive verb give help: to give help or provide a service ( formal )

2. transitive verb translate something: to translate something into another language ( formal )
fragments of poetry, hastily rendered into English

3. transitive verb arts portray something artistically: to portray something or somebody in art, literature, music, or acting ( formal )

4. transitive verb give decision: to deliver a verdict or decision officially ( formal )

5. transitive verb comput draw something: to draw something in computer graphics

6. transitive verb submit something for action: to submit something for consideration, approval, or payment ( formal )
render an invoice for payment

7. transitive verb give something as due: to give what is due or appropriate to somebody who has authority or power ( formal )

8. transitive verb put somebody or something in particular state: to make somebody or something be or become something ( formal )
His actions rendered us powerless.

9. transitive verb purify fat: to purify or extract something by melting, especially to heat solid fat slowly until as much liquid fat as possible has been extracted from it, leaving small crisp remains

10. transitive and intransitive verb give up something: to surrender something ( formal or literary )

11. transitive verb trade something: to give something in exchange for something else ( formal or literary )

12. transitive verb return something: to give something back ( formal or literary )

13. transitive verb construction cover wall with plaster: to cover masonry with a thin coat of plaster



noun  (plural ren·ders)
Definition:
 
1. construction coat of plaster: the first thin coat of plaster applied to masonry

2. history tenant's payment: a payment in goods, services, or money made by a tenant to a feudal lord

[14th century. Via French rendre< alteration of Latin reddere "give back" < dare "give"]

ren·der·a·ble adjective
ren·der·er noun
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