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Webster 1913 Edition
Render
Ren′der
(r?n′d?r)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rendered
(-d?rd)
;p. pr. & vb. n.
Rendering
.] 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. Shakespeare
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
judgment6.
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 English8.
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 mannerHe did
That lived amongst men.
render
him the most unnaturalThat lived amongst men.
Shakespeare
9.
To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances;
as, to
. render
tallow10.
To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.
Ren′der
,Verb.
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
; also, to yield or give way. renders
well, that is, passes freelyTotten.
Ren′der
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Render
REND'ER
,Noun.