RENDER. To yield; to return; to give again; it is the reverse of prender.

Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
 

Render \Rend"er\ (-?r), n. [From Rend.]

One who rends. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Render \Ren"der\ (r?n"d?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rendered (-d?rd);p. pr. & vb. n. Rendering.]

[F. rendre, LL. rendre, fr. L. reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent.]

1. To return; to pay back; to restore. [1913 Webster]

Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite. [1913 Webster]

I will render vengeance to mine enemies. --Deut. xxxii. 41. [1913 Webster]

3. To give up; to yield; to surrender. [1913 Webster]

I 'll make her render up her page to me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute. [1913 Webster]

Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]

5. To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment. [1913 Webster]

6. To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure. [1913 Webster]

7. To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

He did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

9. To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow. [1913 Webster]

10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Render \Ren"der\, v. i.

1. To give an account; to make explanation or confession. [Obs.]

[1913 Webster]

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. --Totten. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

Render \Ren"der\, n.

1. A surrender. [Obs.]

--Shak. [1913 Webster]

2. A return; a payment of rent. [1913 Webster]

In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]

3. An account given; a statement. [Obs.]

--Shak. [1913 Webster]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

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render

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Render \Ren"der\, 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. --Totten.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Render \Ren"der\, n.

1. A surrender. [Obs.]

--Shak.

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. --Blackstone.

3. An account given; a statement. [Obs.]

--Shak.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Render \Rend"er\ (-?r), n. [From Rend.]

One who rends.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Render \Ren"der\ (r?n"d?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rendered (-d?rd);p. pr. & vb. n. Rendering.]

[F. rendre, LL. rendre, fr. L. reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent.]

1. To return; to pay back; to restore.

Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. --Spenser.

2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

I will render vengeance to mine enemies. --Deut. xxxii. 41.

3. To give up; to yield; to surrender.

I 'll make her render up her page to me. --Shak.

4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute.

Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. --I. Watts.

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. --Shak.

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)