ren·der (r n d r)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. [Middle English rendren, from Old French rendre, to give back, from Vulgar Latin *rendere, alteration of Latin reddere (influenced by pr  ndere, to grasp) : red-, re-, re- + dare, to give; see d - in Indo-European roots.]ren der·a·ble adj.ren der·er n. |
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