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
7. 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
11. 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