¹render

verb ren·der \ˈren-dər\

: to cause (someone or something) to be in a specified condition

: to give (something) to someone

law : to officially report or declare (a legal judgment, such as a verdict)

ren·deredren·der·ing \-d(ə-)riŋ\

Full Definition of RENDER

transitive verb

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

a : to transmit to another : deliver

b : give up, yield

c : to furnish for consideration, approval, or information: as (1) : to hand down (a legal judgment) (2) : to agree on and report (a verdict)

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

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

: to direct the execution of : administer <render justice>

: to apply a coat of plaster or cement directly to

intransitive verb

: to give recompense

— ren·der·able \-d(ə-)rə-bəl\ adjective

— ren·der·er \-dər-ər\ noun

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Origin 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

First Known Use: 14th century