rendern.[From Rend.] One who rends.()v. t.[F. rendre, LL. rendre, fr. L. reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See Datetime, and cf. 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. (Shak.)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. (Shak.)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.()v. i.1. To give an account; to make explanation or confession.()2. (Naut.) 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.)n.1. A surrender.(Shak.)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.(Shak.)()