ren|der

ren|der «REHN duhr», verb, noun.

–v.t.

1. to cause to become; make: »

An accident has rendered him helpless. Fright rendered me speechless.

2. to give; do: »

to render judgment. Can you render any aid? What service has he rendered to the school?

3. to offer for consideration, approval, payment, or fulfillment; hand in; report: »

to render a bill. The treasurer rendered an account of all the money spent.

4. to give in return: »

Render thanks for your blessings.

5. to pay as due: »

The conquered rendered tribute to the conqueror.

6. to bring out the meaning of; represent: »

The actor rendered the part of the villain well.

7. to play or sing (music): »

to render an old English ballad.

8. to change from one language to another; translate: »

Render that Latin proverb into English.

9. to give up; surrender: »

The knights rendered their swords to the victors.

10. to melt (fat or other animal or vegetable matter); clarify or extract by melting. Fat from hogs is rendered for lard.

11. to cover (bricks, stone, or lath) with a first coat of plaster.

–v.i.

Obsolete. to make return or recompense.

–n.

1. a first coat of plaster.

2. Law. a return; payment in money, kind, or service made by a tenant to his superior.

╂[< Old French rendre < Vulgar Latin rendere, alteration of Latin reddere give as due; to pay < re- back, again + dare give]

–ren´der|er, noun.