render

 
Pronunciation: /ˈrɛndə/

verb

[with object]
  • 1provide or give (a service, help, etc.): money serves as a reward for services rendered Mrs Evans would render assistance to those she thought were in need
  • submit or present for inspection or consideration: he would render income tax returns at the end of the year
  • deliver (a verdict or judgement): the jury’s finding amounted to the clearest verdict yet rendered upon the scandal
  • literary give up; surrender: he will render up his immortal soul
  • 2 [with object and complement] cause to be or become; make: the rains rendered his escape impossible
  • 3represent or depict artistically: the eyes and the cheeks are exceptionally well rendered
  • perform (a piece of music): a soprano solo reverently rendered by Linda Howie
  • translate: the phrase was rendered into English
  • Computing process (an outline image) using colour and shading in order to make it appear solid and three-dimensional: he is forced to render images by intermixing pixels of a few basic colours
  • 4covertly send (a foreign criminal or terrorist suspect) for interrogation abroad; subject to extraordinary rendition.
  • 5melt down (fat) in order to clarify it: the fat was being cut up and rendered for lard
  • process (the carcass of an animal) in order to extract proteins, fats, and other usable parts: (as adjective rendered) the rendered down remains of sheep
  • 6cover (stone or brick) with a coat of plaster: external walls will be rendered and tiled

noun

[mass noun]
  • a first coat of plaster applied to a brick or stone surface.

Derivatives

renderer

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French rendre, from an alteration of Latin reddere 'give back', from re- 'back' + dare 'give'. The earliest senses were 'recite', 'translate', and 'give back' (hence 'represent' and 'perform'); 'hand over' (hence 'give help' and 'submit for consideration'); 'cause to be'; and 'melt down'