Render

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɹɛn.dÉ™(ɹ)/
• US IPA: /ˈɹɛn.dÉš/
• Rhymes: -É›ndÉ™(r)

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

Alternative forms

• rendre archaic

Full definition of render

Verb

1. (transitive) To cause to become.
• 1918, W. B. Maxwell, The Mirror and the Lamp Chapter 7, … St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.
2. The shot rendered her immobile.
3. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
• 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
4. The pianist rendered the w
5. (transitive) To translate into another language.to render Latin into English
6. (transitive) To pass down.
   render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)
7. (transitive) To make over as a return.
   They had to render the estate.
8. (transitive) To give; to give back.
   render aid; render money
   to render an account of what really happened
• I. WattsLogic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue.
9. to give up; to yield; to surrender.
• ShakespeareI'll make her render up her page to me.
10. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
    rendering images
11. (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly.
12. (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
    rendering of fat into soap
13. (intransitive, cooking) For fat to drip off meat from cooking.
    Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.
14. (construction) To cover a wall with a film of cement or plaster.
15. (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
    A rope renders well, that is, passes freely.
16. (nautical) To yield or give way.
17. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
• Spenserwhose smallest minute lost, no riches render may
18. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
• Bible, Deuteronomy xxxii. 41I will render vengeance to mine enemies.

Synonyms

• (fat dripping) render off

Derived terms

• (computer graphics) renderer, rendering

Noun

1. A substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls.
2. (computer graphics) An image produced by rendering a model.A low-resolution render might look blocky.
3. (obsolete) A surrender.
4. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
• BlackstoneIn those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demesnes.
5. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.

rend + -er

Noun

1. One who rends.----