render

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1. 1.To return; to pay back; to restore. Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. Spenser.
2. 2.To inflict, as a retribution; to requite. I will render vengeance to mine enemies. Deut. xxxii.
3. 3.3. To give up; to yield; to surrender. I 'll make her render up her page to me. Shak.
4. 4.Hence, to furnish; to contribute. Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. I. Watts.
5. 5.To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.
6. 6.To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.
7. 7.To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.
8. 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. 9.To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.
10. 10.To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.
11. 11.To give an account; to make explanation or confession. [Obs.]
12. 12.(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.
13. 13.A surrender. [Obs.] Shak.
14. 14.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.
15. 15.An account given; a statement. [Obs.] Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to return; to pay back; to restore. Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. Spenser called?
• What is to inflict, as a retribution; to requite. I will render vengeance to mine enemies. Deut. xxxii called?
• What is 3. To give up; to yield; to surrender. I 'll make her render up her page to me. Shak called?
• What is hence, to furnish; to contribute. Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. I. Watts called?
• What is to furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment called?
• What is to cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure called?
• What is to translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English called?
• What is to try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow called?
• What is to plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath called?
• What is to give an account; to make explanation or confession. [Obs.] called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is an account given; a statement. [Obs.] Shak called?