v.
- provide or give (a service, help, etc.).
▸submit for inspection, consideration, or payment.
▸literary hand over; surrender.
- cause to be or become:
the rains rendered his escape impossible.
- represent or depict artistically.
▸perform (a piece of music).
▸translate.
- melt down (fat) in order to clarify it.
▸process (the carcass of an animal) in order to extract proteins, fats, and other usable parts.
- cover (stone or brick) with a coat of plaster.
- Computing process (an image) in order to make it appear solid and three-dimensional.
n.
a first coat of plaster applied to a brick or stone surface.
Derivative
Etymology
ME: from OFr. rendre, from an alt. of L. reddere ‘give back’.