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tr.v. ren·dered, ren·der·ing, ren·ders 1. a. To submit or present, as for consideration, approval, or payment: render an opinion; render a bill. b. To give or make available; provide: render assistance; render a service. c. To give in return or by obligation: render thanks; rendered homage. d. To deliver or pronounce formally: render a verdict. e. To surrender or relinquish; yield: They rendered their lives defending their country. f. To transfer (a suspect or prisoner) from one country to another by rendition. 2. To cause to become; make: The news rendered her speechless. 3. a. To represent in verbal form; depict: "Joyce has attempted ... to render ... what our participation in life is like" (Edmund Wilson). b. To represent in a drawing or painting, especially in perspective. 4. Computers To convert (graphics) from a file into visual form, as on a video display. 5. Music a. To perform an interpretation of (a musical piece, for example). b. To arrange: rendered the composition for string quartet. 6. To express in another language or form; translate: rendered the Greek passage into English. 7. To reduce, convert, or melt down (fat) by heating. 8. To coat (brick, for example) with plaster or cement. n. A payment in kind, services, or cash from a tenant to a feudal lord. [Middle English rendren, from Old French rendre, to give back, from Vulgar Latin *rendere, alteration of Latin reddere (influenced by prēndere, to grasp) : red-, re-, re- + dare, to give; see dō- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] render·a·ble adj. render·er n. |
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