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render Definition

ren·der (ren′dər)

transitive verb

  1. to give, hand over, deliver, present, or submit, as for approval, consideration, payment, etc. to render an account of one's actions, render a bill
  2. to give (up); surrender to render up a city to the enemy
  3. to give in return or requital to render good for evil
  4. to give (back); restore to render back another's gift
  5. to give or pay (something due or owed) to render thanks, render obedience
  6. to cause to be or become; make to render someone helpless
    1. to give or provide (aid)
    2. to do (a service)
  8. to represent; depict; specif., to make a drawing of in perspective
  9. to perform or interpret by performance; recite (a poem), play (music), treat (a subject, as in painting), act out (a role)
  10. to express in other words; esp., to translate: often with into
    1. to obtain by melting to render lard
    2. to melt down (fat)
  12. to pronounce or declare (a judgment, verdict, etc.), as in a court
  13. Masonry to apply a coat of plaster directly to (brickwork, stonework, etc.)

Etymology: ME rendren < OFr rendre < VL *rendere, for L reddere, to restore < re(d)-, back + dare, to give: see date

noun

a payment, usually in goods or services, as for rent in feudal times

render Related Forms

ren′·der·able adjective ren′·derer noun

render Synonyms

render

v.

  1. To give

    present, hand over, distribute; see give 1.

  2. To perform, especially a service

    do, execute, carry out; see perform 1.

  3. To interpret

    play, perform, depict; see draw 2, interpret 1, represent 2.

  4. To provide

    furnish, contribute, administer; see provide 1.

  5. To state formally

    pass, state, deliver, hand down; see declare 1.

  6. To translate

    transliterate, paraphrase, reword, transpose; see translate 1.

render Law Definition

v

To formally announce a verdict, either by announcing it in court or by filing a memorandum with the clerk; to deliver or transmit; to pay (render an account); to provide (render a service).

render Usage Examples

Object

  • assistance: Dr. Hughes rendered valuable assistance to the rescued men.
  • void: Without a signature then the policy will be rendered void.
  • unfit: Housing Aid ) or housing solicitor on what renders a property unfit.
  • verdict: The public, which in the long run makes mistakes, has rendered that verdict.
  • brickwork: The water runs from the lakes to the mill via the leat, which is constructed of rendered brickwork.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

  • unusable: Further more if the matter is not dried then decomposition sets in quickly and renders the feedstock unusable.
  • useless: The dam was breached and the lake drained after the Civil War, as part of rendering the castle useless as a military stronghold.
  • obsolete: An approach that seeks to expand the concept of citizenship beyond national boundaries does not have to render the nation state obsolete.
  • meaningless: However, the absence of such material can in itself render the resource meaningless.
  • ineffective: But the wind was quite strong and rendered these walls ineffective.
  • invalid: This is your obligation, and may otherwise render a permit invalid.

Adjective modifier

lime: His idea of lime render may actually be a cement render with some lime in it.

Adjective complement

  • obsolete: The very purpose of war victory over others was defeated, rendered obsolete.
  • useless: This seems like a very good idea although some of them have been rendered useless by allowing them to fill with silt.
  • harmless: At temperatures of below 0°C, cryptosporidium is killed, at temperatures above 65°C the spores are rendered harmless.
  • unusable: Sites that rely on Javascript or cookies can be rendered unusable to theses users.
  • impotent: Most will suffer urinary incontinence and some will be rendered impotent by vital surgery.

Noun used with modifier

cement: The most usual way in which these problems manifest themselves is when the cement render becomes detached from the wall in areas.

Preposition: with

cement: A nine meter length of the upper 1.50m of the wall, west of 4.50m from the eastern end had been rendered with cement.