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   render

   /ˈrɛndə/

   verb

   • 1. provide or give (a service, help, etc.): "money serves as a reward for services rendered" Similar giveprovidesupplyfurnishmake availablecontributeofferextendproffershowdisplayexhibitevincemanifest
   • ▪ submit or present for inspection or consideration: "he would render income tax returns at the end of the year" Similar send inpresenttendersubmit
   • ▪ deliver (a verdict or judgement): "the jury's finding amounted to the clearest verdict yet rendered upon the scandal" Similar deliverreturnhand downbring ingiveannouncepronounceproclaim
   • ▪ give up; surrender: literary "he will render up his immortal soul" Similar give backreturnrestorepay backrepayhand overgive upsurrenderrelinquishdeliverturn overyieldcede
   • 2. cause to be or become; make: "the rains rendered his escape impossible" Similar makecause to be/becomeleave
   • 3. represent or depict artistically: "the eyes and the cheeks are exceptionally well rendered" Similar paintdrawdepictportrayrepresentreproduceexecuteliterary:limnactperformplaydepictinterpret
   • ▪ perform (a piece of music): "a soprano solo reverently rendered by Linda Howie" Similar performplaysingexecuteinterpret
   • ▪ translate: "the phrase was rendered into English" Similar translateputexpresstranscribeconvertrephraserewordtransliteratedated:construe
   • ▪ process (an outline image) using colour and shading in order to make it appear solid and three-dimensional: "he is forced to render images by intermixing pixels of a few basic colours"
   • 4. covertly send (a foreign criminal or terrorist suspect) for interrogation abroad; subject to extraordinary rendition.
   • 5. melt down (fat) in order to clarify it: "the fat was being cut up and rendered for lard" Similar melt downclarifypurify
   • ▪ process (the carcass of an animal) in order to extract proteins, fats, and other usable parts: "animal carcasses were rendered to provide a protein supplement"
   • 6. cover (stone or brick) with a coat of plaster: "external walls will be rendered and tiled"

   noun

   • 1. a first coat of plaster applied to a brick or stone surface.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French rendre, from an alteration of Latin reddere ‘give back’, from re- ‘back’ + dare ‘give’. The earliest senses were ‘recite’, ‘translate’, and ‘give back’ (hence ‘represent’ and ‘perform’); ‘hand over’ (hence ‘give help’ and ‘submit for consideration’); ‘cause to be’; and ‘melt down’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. renderer noun

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