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 ]