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From Old French rendre (to render, to make) from Vulgar Latin *rendere, from Latin reddere, present active infinitive of reddō (return in profit).

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Infinitive
to render

Third person singular
renders

Simple past
rendered

Past participle
rendered

Present participle
rendering

to render (third-person singular simple present renders, present participle rendering, simple past and past participle rendered)

  1. (transitive) To cause to become.
    The shot rendered her immobile.
  2. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
    The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.
    • 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 34.
    we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus
  3. (transitive) To pass down.
    render a verdict (= deliver a judgment)
  4. (transitive) To make over as a return.
    They had to render the estate.
  5. (transitive) To give; to give back.
    render aid
    render money
  6. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform digital information in the form received from a repository into a display on a computer screen, or for other presentation to the user.
    rendering images
  7. (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly.
  8. (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
    rendering of fat into soap
  9. (intransitive), (cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.
    Bacon is very fatty when raw, however most of that will render during cooking.

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Singular
render

Plural
renders

render (plural renders)

  1. A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls.

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render c.

  1. Plural indefinite of rende.

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render

  1. Present of rende.