render

n. [ From Rend. ] One who rends. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rendered p. pr. & vb. n. Rendering. ] [ F. rendre, LL. rendre, fr. L. reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent. ] 1. To return; to pay back; to restore. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will render vengeance to mine enemies. Deut. xxxii. 41. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give up; to yield; to surrender. [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll make her render up her page to me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He did render him the most unnatural
That lived amongst men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To give an account; to make explanation or confession. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A surrender. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A return; a payment of rent. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An account given; a statement. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being rendered. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who renders. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vessel in which lard or tallow, etc., is rendered. [ 1913 Webster ]