Render
['rendə] or ['rɛndɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls.
(verb.) cause to become; 'The shot rendered her immobile'.
(verb.) pass down; 'render a verdict'; 'deliver a judgment'.
(verb.) coat with plastic or cement; 'render the brick walls in the den'.
(verb.) give or supply; 'The cow brings in 5 liters of milk'; 'This year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn'; 'The estate renders some revenue for the family'.
(verb.) give back; 'render money'.
(verb.) make over as a return; 'They had to render the estate'.
Editor: Tod--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who rends.
(v. t.) To return; to pay back; to restore.
(v. t.) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
(v. t.) To give up; to yield; to surrender.
(v. t.) Hence, to furnish; to contribute.
(v. t.) To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.
(v. t.) To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.
(v. t.) To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.
(v. t.) To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.
(v. i.) To give an account; to make explanation or confession.
(v. i.) 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.
(n.) A surrender.
(n.) A return; a payment of rent.
(n.) An account given; a statement.
Typist: Maxine
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Return, restore, pay back, reimburse.[2]. Give, assign, offer.[3]. Furnish, contribute, supply.[4]. Make, cause to be.[5]. Translate, construe, interpret.
Checked by Edmond
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Give, present, return, restore, give_up_apportion, assign, surrender, pay,requite, deliver
ANT:Keep, retain, withhold, appropriate, alienate, misapportion, misappropriate,misrequite
Typed by Clint
Definition
v.t. to give up: to make up: to deliver furnish present: to cause to become: to translate into another language: to perform officially as judgment: to cause to be: to reproduce as music: to clarify: to plaster without the use of lath.—n. a surrender: a payment of rent: an account given.—adj. Ren′derable.—ns. Ren′derer; Ren′dering the act of rendering: version: translation: interpretation; Rendi′tion the act of surrendering as fugitives from justice: translation.—adj. Rend′ible capable of being yielded up or of being translated.
Editor: Pierre
Examples
- Your army will cheerfully suffer many privations to break up Hood's army and render it useless for future operations. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Haste--begone--stay not to render thanks! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Sam,' said Mr. Pickwick, 'if I am to render myself intelligible to this gentleman, I must beg you to control your feelings. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- We should accept our own lot, whatever it be, and try to render happy that of others. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Miserable himself, that he may render no other wretched, he ought to die. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- You may render me the most miserable of men, but you shall never make me base in my own eyes. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- One early station in New York for arc lighting was an old soap-works whose well-soaked floors did not need much additional grease to render them choice fuel for the inevitable flames. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This statement needs to be rendered more specific by connecting it with the materials of school instruction, the studies which make up the curriculum. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Provisions are thereby rendered dearer, in the same manner as if it required extraordinary labour and expense to raise them. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This vapor is rendered intensely cold by expansion, and this cold is imparted to the water in tank _a_ to freeze it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Capitalists and manufacturers had been rendered so conservative by the large loss of money in the Roxbury Company, that they were disinclined to have anything further to do with it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- An important branch of the textile art is cloth finishing, whereby the rough surface of the cloth as it comes from the loom is rendered soft and smooth. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- These wells are now made with larger diameters than formerly, and altogether their construction has been rendered much more easy in modern times. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- If his appearance even inspired us with hope, it only rendered the state of her mind more painful. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Agriculture is the proper business of all new colonies; a business which the cheapness of land renders more advantageous than any other. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Still better, however, is nitric acid, which if painted upon a colored spot of this kind first renders it more distinctly yellow, then orange-brown. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- The tremendously complex nature of the chemical reactions which take place in the lead-acid storage battery also renders it an easy prey to many troublesome diseases. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Can you not give me some understandable reason for this melancholy which renders your life so bitter? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Gentle usage renders the slave not only more faithful, but more intelligent, and, therefore, upon a double account, more useful. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This renders them liable to destruction in times of drought. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Again and again he crosses and obscures the disc I want always to see clear; ever and anon he renders me to you a mere bore and nuisance. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There are reasons now known to me, reasons in which you have no part, rendering it far better for you that you should not remain here. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It was very pretty to look at, but seemed to have the effect of rendering surrounding objects rather darker than before. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He made experiments, and at last succeeded in rendering the copper negatively electrical by the use of small pieces of tin, zinc, or iron nails. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- There was a means, too, of rendering her delightful, by inducing her to take her guitar and sing and play. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Seeing in this arrangement the hope of rendering real service in that pressing emergency, Miss Pross hailed it with joy. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In the rendering of those little services, and in the manner of their acceptance, the trooper has become installed as necessary to him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Thinking is thus equivalent to an explicit rendering of the intelligent element in our experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
Typist: Portia