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What's The Definition Of Render?

\Rend"er\ (-?r), n. [From {Rend}.] One who rends.
\Ren"der\ (r?n"d?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rendered} (-d?rd);p. pr. & vb. n. {Rendering}.] [F. rendre, LL. rendre, fr. L. reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See {Date}time, and cf. {Reddition}, {Rent}.] 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. --Shak. 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 judgment. 6. 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 English. 8. 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 manner. He did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men. --Shak. 9. To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow. 10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.
\Ren"der\, v. 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 renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way. --Totten.
\Ren"der\, n. 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.