Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Render

Render (-?r) , noun

[From Rend.]

One who rends.

Render (r?n"d?r) , transitive verb

[French rendre, Late Latin rendre, from Latin reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See Datetime, and compare Reddition, Rent.]

1.
To return; to pay back; to restore.
Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. — Spenser
2.
To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
I will render vengeance to mine enemies. — Deut. xxxii. 41
3.
To give up; to yield; to surrender.
I 'll make her render up her page to me. — Shakespeare
4.
Hence, to furnish; to contribute.
Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. — I. Watts
5.
To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.
6.
To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.
7.
To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.
8.
To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner.
He did render him the most unnatural That lived amongst men. — Shakespeare
9.
To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.
10.
To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.

Render , intransitive verb

1.
To give an account; to make explanation or confession. [Obsolete]
2.
(Nautical) To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way. — Totten

Render , noun

1.
A surrender. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
2.
A return; a payment of rent.
In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains. — Blackstone
3.
An account given; a statement. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare