render

render [ren′dər]

vt.

[ME rendren < OFr rendre < VL * rendere, for L reddere, to restore < re(d)-, back + dare, to give: see DATE¹]

1. to give, hand over, deliver, present, or submit, as for approval, consideration, payment, etc. [to render an account of one's actions, render a bill]

2. to give (up); surrender [to render up a city to the enemy]

3. to give in return or requital [to render good for evil]

4. to give (back); restore [to render back another's gift]

5. to give or pay (something due or owed) [to render thanks, render obedience]

6. to cause to be or become; make [to render someone helpless]

7.

a) to give or provide (aid)

b) to do (a service)

8. to represent; depict; specif., to make a drawing of in perspective

9. to perform or interpret by performance; recite (a poem), play (music), treat (a subject, as in painting), act out (a role)

10. to express in other words; esp., to translate: often with into

11.

a) to obtain by melting [to render lard]

b) to melt down (fat)

12. to pronounce or declare (a judgment, verdict, etc.), as in a court

13. Masonry to apply a coat of plaster directly to (brickwork, stonework, etc.)

n.

a payment, usually in goods or services, as for rent in feudal times

renderable

adj.

renderer

n.