render

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English rend English -er English render From rend + -er.

1. One who rends.

   “Oh, this render of hearts, this murderer of love, this perpetual crucifier of Christ, […]”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”).

1. To cause to become.

   “The shot rendered her immobile.”

   “[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.”

2. To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.

   “The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.”

   “we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus”

3. To translate into another language.

   “to render Latin into English”

4. To pass down.

   “render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)”

5. To make over as a return.

   “They had to render the estate.”

6. To give; to give back; to deliver.

   “render aid; render money”

   “to render an account of what really happened”

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

   “I'll make her render up her page to me.”

8. To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.

   “rendering images”

   “They will feature full-motion-video backgrounds that will behave as if rendered in 3-D—the Rabbids will duck behind and jump over real objects as if they were designed into the stage.”

9. To apply realistic coloring and shading.
10. To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
11. To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.

    “rendering of fat into soap”

12. To have fat melt off meat from cooking.

    “Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.”

13. To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.

    “to render with stucco”

14. To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.

    “A rope renders well, that is, passes freely.”

15. To yield or give way.

    “The rope of a laniard or tackle is said to render when, by pulling upon one part, each other part takes its share of the strain.”

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

    “whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may”

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

    “I will render vengeance to mine enemies.”