Render /(-?r)/

1. One who rends.

imp. & p. p. Rendered; p. pr. & vb. n. Rendering

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

   Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may.

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

   I will render vengeance to mine enemies.

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

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

4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute.

   Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue.

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.

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.

1. To give an account; to make explanation or confession. [Obs.]
2. 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. (Naut.)

1. A surrender. [Obs.]
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.

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