render

Etymology 1

From Middle English renderen, rendren, from Old French rendre (“render, give back”), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere (“make, give back”).

verb

1. (ditransitive) To cause to become.
   The shot rendered her immobile.
   This service has suffered badly from Department for Transport-inspired cuts which reduced it from hourly to two-hourly. This, coupled with regular cancellations, has rendered the train service between the area's two biggest towns almost unusable. November 2 2022, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57
2. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
   The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.
   we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 34
3. (transitive) To translate into another language.
   to render Latin into English
4. (transitive) To pass down.
   render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)
5. (transitive) To make over as a return.
   They had to render the estate.
6. (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
   render aid; render money
   to render an account of what really happened
7. (transitive, dated) To give up; to yield; to surrender.
8. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.
   rendering images
9. (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
10. (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.
    rendering of fat into soap
11. (intransitive, cooking) To have fat drip off meat from cooking.
    Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.
12. (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.
    to render with stucco
13. (nautical) To pass; to run; said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.
    A rope renders well, that is, passes freely.
14. (nautical) To yield or give way.
    The rope of a laniard or tackle is said to render when, by pulling upon one part, each other part takes its share of the strain. 1867, W. H. Smyth, Sailor's Word-Book
15. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
16. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Stucco or plaster applied to walls (mostly to outside masonry walls).
2. (computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.
   A low-resolution render might look blocky.
3. (obsolete) A surrender.
4. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
5. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.

Etymology 2

rend + -er

noun

1. One who rends.