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ren•der

[[t]ˈrɛn dər[/t]] v. t.

1) to cause to be or become; make

2) to do; perform

3) to furnish; provide:

to render aid[/ex]

4) to exhibit or show (obedience, attention, etc.)

5) to present for approval, payment, etc

6) to pay as due (a tax, tribute, etc.)

7) to officially hand down:

to render a verdict[/ex]

8) to translate into another language

9) to depict, as in painting:

to render a landscape[/ex]

10) to represent (a perspective view of a projected building) in drawing or painting

11) to interpret (a part in a drama or a piece of music)

12) to give in return:

to render good for evil[/ex]

13) to give back; restore (often fol. by back)

14) to give up; surrender

15) bui to cover (masonry) with a first coat of plaster

16) cvb to melt down; extract the impurities from by melting:

to render fat[/ex]

17) cvb to process, as for industrial use:

to render livestock carcasses[/ex]

18) to provide due reward

19) to extract oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting

20) bui a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface

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Etymology: 1275–1325; rendren < MF rendre < VL *rendere, alter. (by analogy with prendere to take) of L reddere to give back ren′der•er, n. II

rend•er

[[t]ˈrɛn dər[/t]] n.

a person or thing that rends

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Etymology: 1580–90