Renderable

ren·der  (rndr)

tr.v. ren·dered, ren·der·ing, ren·ders

1. To submit or present, as for consideration, approval, or payment: render a bill.

2. To give or make available; provide: render assistance.

3. To give what is due or owed: render thanks; rendered homage.

4. To give in return or retribution: He had to render an apology for his rudeness.

5. To surrender or relinquish; yield.

6.

a. To represent in verbal form; depict: "Joyce has attempted . . . to render . . . what our participation in life is like" (Edmund Wilson).

b. To represent in a drawing or painting, especially in perspective.

7. Computer Science To convert (graphics) from a file into visual form, as on a video display.

8. Music

a. To perform an interpretation of (a musical piece, for example).

b. To arrange: rendered the composition for string quartet.

9. To express in another language or form; translate.

10. To deliver or pronounce formally: The jury has rendered its verdict.

11. To cause to become; make: The news rendered her speechless.

12. To reduce, convert, or melt down (fat) by heating.

13. To coat (brick, for example) with plaster or cement.

n.

A payment in kind, services, or cash from a tenant to a feudal lord.

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[Middle English rendren, from Old French rendre, to give back, from Vulgar Latin *rendere, alteration of Latin reddere (influenced by prndere, to grasp) : red-, re-, re- + dare, to give; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

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render·a·ble adj.

render·er n.