RENDER Definition & Meaning

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render

[ ren-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to cause to be or become; make:
to render someone helpless.
to do; perform:
to render a service.
to furnish; provide:
to render aid.
Synonyms: , , ,
to exhibit or show (obedience, attention, etc.).
Synonyms:
to present for consideration, approval, payment, action, etc., as an account.
to return; to make (a payment in money, kind, or service) as by a tenant to a superior:
knights rendering military service to the lord.
to pay as due (a tax, tribute, etc.).
to deliver formally or officially; hand down:
to render a verdict.
to translate into another language:
to render French poems into English.
to represent; depict, as in painting:
to render a landscape.
to represent (a perspective view of a projected building) in drawing or painting.
to bring out the meaning of by performance or execution; interpret, as a part in a drama or a piece of music.
Digital Technology.
1. to use the processing power of computer hardware and software to synthesize (the components of an image or animation) in a final graphic output:
  I’m able to render the lighting in this scene much faster now, thanks to my new graphics card.
2. to load (game assets) in a video game, displaying objects, textures, geometry, lighting, etc., on screen in their complete intended form: The game is still playable even if the textures in the environment aren’t always rendered right.
  My laggy connection didn’t render the enemies until I was basically standing on top of them.
  The game is still playable even if the textures in the environment aren’t always rendered right.
to give in return or requital:
to render good for evil.
to give back; restore (often followed by back ).
to send (a suspected criminal) abroad; subject to rendition.
to give up; surrender.
Synonyms: ,
Building Trades. to cover (masonry) with a first coat of plaster.
to melt down; extract the impurities from by melting:
to render fat.
to process, as for industrial use:
to render livestock carcasses.

verb (used without object)

to provide due reward.
to separate oil from fat, blubber, etc., by melting.
Digital Technology. (of assets in a video game) to load so they are visible to the player in their complete intended form:
There is a long delay before the geometry renders when I change zones, so sometimes I find my character walking in place up against a wall when the world finally loads.

noun

Building Trades. a first coat of plaster for a masonry surface.

render

[ ren-der ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that rends or tears something apart forcefully or violently.

render

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verb

to present or submit (accounts, etc) for payment, approval, or action
to give or provide (aid, charity, a service, etc)
to show (obedience), as due or expected
to give or exchange, as by way of return or requital
to render blow for blow
to cause to become
grief had rendered him simple-minded
to deliver (a verdict or opinion) formally
to portray or depict (something), as in painting, music, or acting
computing to use colour and shading to make a digital image look three-dimensional and solid
to translate (something) into another language or form
sometimes foll by up to yield or give
the tomb rendered up its secret
often foll by back to return (something); give back
to cover the surface of (brickwork, stone, etc) with a coat of plaster
often foll by down to extract (fat) from (meat) by melting
nautical
1. to reeve (a line)
2. to slacken (a rope, etc)
history (of a feudal tenant) to make (payment) in money, goods, or services to one's overlord

noun

a first thin coat of plaster applied to a surface
history a payment in money, goods, or services made by a feudal tenant to his lord

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Derived Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of render¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English rendren, from Middle French rendre, from unattested Vulgar Latin rendere, alteration (formed by analogy with prendere “to take”) of Latin reddere “to give back,” equivalent to red- prefix meaning “again” or “again and again” + -dere, combining form of dare “to give”; red-

Origin of render²

First recorded in 1580–90; rend + -er ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of render¹

C14: from Old French rendre , from Latin reddere to give back (influenced by Latin prendere to grasp), from re- + dare to give

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She expects that the coming months will see continuing attempts to limit the protests, and "render them invisible".

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Deputies and Compton Fire Department personnel attempted to render lifesaving aid, but both victims were both pronounced dead at the scene.

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“I don’t understand how my hard work, my dedication … can be rendered meaningless.”

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