Collins English-English Dictionary

render ['rεndə]

1. 1. vt. [tr] to present or submit (accounts, etc) for payment, approval, or action

2. 2. vt. to give or provide (aid, charity, a service, etc)

3. 3. vt. to show (obedience), as due or expected

4. 4. vt. to give or exchange, as by way of return or requital

   to render blow for blow

5. 5. vt. to cause to become

   grief had rendered him simple-minded

6. 6. vt. to deliver (a verdict or opinion) formally

7. 7. vt. to portray or depict (something), as in painting, music, or acting

8. 8. vt. [computing] to use colour and shading to make a digital image look three-dimensional and solid

9. 9. vt. to translate (something) into another language or form

10. 10. vt. [sometimes foll by up] to yield or give

    the tomb rendered up its secret

11. 11. vt. [often foll by back] to return (something); give back

12. 12. vt. to cover the surface of (brickwork, stone, etc) with a coat of plaster

13. 13. vt. [often foll by down] to extract (fat) from (meat) by melting

14. 14. vt. [nautical] to reeve (a line)

15. 15. vt. to slacken (a rope, etc)

16. 16. vt. [history] (of a feudal tenant) to make (payment) in money, goods, or services to one's overlord

17. 17. n a first thin coat of plaster applied to a surface

18. 18. n [history] a payment in money, goods, or services made by a feudal tenant to his lord

19. 19. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French rendre, from Latin reddere to give back (influenced by Latin prendere to grasp), from re- + dare to give