·noun One who rends.
II. Render ·noun A return; a payment of rent.
III. Render ·noun An account given; a statement.
IV. Render ·noun A Surrender.
V. Render ·vi To give an account; to make explanation or confession.
VI. Render ·vt Hence, to furnish; to Contribute.
VII. Render ·vt To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.
VIII. Render ·vt To inflict, as a retribution; to Requite.
IX. Render ·vt To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.
X. Render ·vt To give up; to Yield; to Surrender.
XI. Render ·vt To Return; to pay back; to Restore.
XII. Render ·vt To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, ·etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.
XIII. Render ·vt To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.
XIV. Render ·vt To Furnish; to State; to Deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.
XV. Render ·vi 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.
XVI. Render ·vt 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.