5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Render  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Render  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Render  \Rend"er\  (-?r),  n.  [From  {Rend}.] 
  One  who  rends. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Render  \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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  render 
  v  1:  cause  to  become  "The  shot  rendered  her  immobile" 
  2:  provide  or  furnish  with  "We  provided  the  room  with  an 
  electrical  heater"  [syn:  {supply},  {provide},  {furnish}] 
  3:  give  an  interpretation  or  rendition  of  [syn:  {interpret}] 
  4:  give  or  supply;  "The  cow  brings  in  5  liters  of  milk";  "This 
  year's  crop  yielded  1,000  bushels  of  corn";  "The  cow  won't 
  give  much  milk"  [syn:  {yield},  {return},  {give},  {generate}] 
  5:  as  of  a  verdict,  by  a  jury  [syn:  {deliver},  {return}] 
  6:  present  formally  [syn:  {submit}] 
  7:  give  back  [syn:  {return}] 
  8:  lose  or  lose  the  right  to  by  some  error,  offense,  or  crime 
  [syn:  {forfeit},  {give  up},  {throw  overboard},  {waive},  {forgo}] 
  [ant:  {claim}] 
  9:  to  surrender  someone  or  something  to  another;  "the  guard 
  delivered  the  criminal  to  the  police"  [syn:  {hand  over},  {turn 
  in},  {get  in},  {deliver}] 
  10:  as  of  melodies;  "Play  it  again  Sam";  "She  played  the  third 
  movement  very  beautifully"  [syn:  {play},  {spiel}] 
  11:  bestow;  "give  hommage"  [syn:  {give}] 
  12:  melt  (fat,  lard,  etc.)  in  order  to  separate  out  impurities; 
  "try  the  yak  butter"  [syn:  {try}] 

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