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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛn.də/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛn.dɚ/

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• Hyphenation: ren‧der
• Rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)

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

• rendre (archaic)

render (third-person singular simple present renders, present participle rendering, simple past and past participle rendered)

1. (ditransitive) To cause to become.

   The shot rendered her immobile.

   • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:

     […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.

   • 2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 57:

     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.

3. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.

   The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.

   • 1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 34:

     we may, at last, render our philosophy like that of Epictetus

4. (transitive) To translate into another language.

   to render Latin into English

5. (transitive) To pass down.

   render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)

6. (transitive) To make over as a return.

   They had to render the estate.

7. (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.

   render aid; render money

   to render an account of what really happened

   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:

     Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue.

   • 1980, AA book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:

     The first thing that greets you on entering the church is a notice asking you not to vex the goat, since it renders valuable service in keeping the churchyard tidy.

8. (transitive, dated) To give up; to yield; to surrender.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     I'll make her render up her page to me.

9. (transitive, computer graphics) To transform (a model) into a display on the screen or other media.

   rendering images

   • 2007 December, Andy Salisbury, “Rascally Rabbids”, in Nintendo Power, volume 222, page 32:

     They will feature full-motion-video backgrounds that will behave as if rendered in 3-D—the Rabbids will duck behind and jump over real objects as if they were designed into the stage.

10. (transitive, art, by extension) To apply realistic coloring and shading.
11. (transitive) To capture and turn over to another country secretly and extrajudicially.
12. (transitive) To convert waste animal tissue into a usable byproduct.

    rendering of fat into soap

13. (intransitive, cooking) To have fat melt off meat from cooking.

    Bacon is very fatty when raw; however, most of the fat will render during cooking.

14. (construction) To cover a wall with a layer of plaster.

    to render with stucco

15. (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.

16. (nautical) To yield or give way.
    • 1867, W. H. Smyth, Sailor's Word-Book:

      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.

17. (obsolete) To return; to pay back; to restore.
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 14:

      whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may

18. (obsolete) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 32:41:

      I will render vengeance to mine enemies.

• (cause to become): make
• (bestow): accord
• (fat dripping): render off

• → Dutch: renderen
• → Polish: renderować
• → Portuguese: renderizar

render (countable and uncountable, plural renders)

2. (countable, uncountable) Stucco or plaster applied to exterior walls.
4. (countable, uncountable) Stucco or plaster applied to interior walls.
5. (computer graphics) A digital image produced by rendering a model.

   A low-resolution render might look blocky.

6. (obsolete) A surrender.
7. (obsolete) A return; a payment of rent.
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

     In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demesnes.

8. (obsolete) An account given; a statement.
   • c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     And send forth us , to make their sorrow'd render,
     Together with a recompense more fruitful
     Than their offence can weigh down by the dram

From rend + -er.

render (plural renders)

1. One who rends.
   • 1844, The Christian, volume 1, page 498:

     Oh, this render of hearts, this murderer of love, this perpetual crucifier of Christ, […]

• Derner, rendre

render c

1. indefinite plural of rende

render

1. present of rende

From Old Galician-Portuguese render (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.

• IPA^(key): /renˈdeɾ/ [ren̪ˈd̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Hyphenation: ren‧der

render (first-person singular present rendo, first-person singular preterite rendín, past participle rendido)

1. (intransitive) to yield; to last
2. (transitive) to subdue, defeat
3. (transitive) to tire, wear out
4. (transitive) to render, pay (respects, homage)
5. (reflexive) to surrender

• renda
• rendemento

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “render”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “render”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “render”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “render”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “render”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “render”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “render”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛn.der/
• Rhymes: -ɛnder
• Hyphenation: rèn‧der

render (apocopated)

1. apocopic form of rendere

render m or f

1. indefinite plural of rand (Etymology 1)

render f

1. indefinite plural of rand (Etymology 1)

From Old Galician-Portuguese render, from Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.

• Hyphenation: ren‧der

render (first-person singular present rendo, first-person singular preterite rendi, past participle rendido)

1. to render
2. (reflexive) to yield, to surrender

   Não atire, eu me rendo!

   Don't shoot, I surrender!

3. to dominate, to command; to cause to surrender
4. to subject
5. to result as profit
6. (reflexive) to surrender (to give up in defeat)

   Synonyms: entregar-se, capitular

• rendimento

• rendição

• “render”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “render”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From Late Latin rendere, from Latin reddere.

render

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) to return, give back
2. to vomit, throw up, puke, be sick

• (to return, give back):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun) dar enavos, (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) dar anavos, (Puter) der inavous, (Vallader) dar inavo
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader) restituir, (Surmiran) restitueir
  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) returnar, (Puter) returner, (Vallader) retuornar

Borrowed from Latin reddĕre.

• IPA^(key): /renˈdeɾ/ [rẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: ren‧der

render

1. dated form of rendir

Unadapted borrowing from English render.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrendeɾ/ [ˈrẽn̪.d̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -endeɾ
• Syllabification: ren‧der

render m (plural renders)

1. alternative form of rénder

• “render”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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