3 meanings
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1 —as in:
rendered service or a verdict
Definition
to give or supply something- We're waiting for the jury to render a verdict.
render = give
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- I received an invoice for $100 for services rendered.
- But, because the offer was obviously and tactlessly for a service to be rendered, I had no choice except to cut him off there.F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Great Gatsby
- How base would it be of me to take advantage of the circumstances which placed her here, or of the slight service I was happily able to render her,Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby
- then journey home and render noble offerings up
to the deathless gods who rule the vaulting skies,Homer -- The Odyssey - ...the dog rendered its customary allegiance and came to him.Jack London -- To Build a Fire
- They had all been kind to us, and they had rendered us a greater service than they could possibly conceive of.Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- we do pray for mercy, and that same prayer doth teach us all to render the deeds of mercy.William Shakespeare -- The Merchant of Venice
- But I must first render you all the little attentions in my power.Edgar Allan Poe -- The Cask of Amontillado
- He was quite ashamed ... to propose any diminution of so moderate a recompense for the immense service to be rendered.Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The House of the Seven Gables
rendered = provided or supplied
rendered = given
render = give
render = to give or supply something
rendered = gave
rendered = given
render = give
render = give
rendered = given
2 —as in:
rendered her unconscious
Definition
to make or cause to become- Her verbal attack rendered me speechless.
rendered = made (caused to become)
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- The disorder will eventually render her paralyzed.
- ...habit renders the pleasures of vanity and excitement and flippancy at once less pleasant and harder to forgo...C.S.Lewis -- The Screwtape Letters
- ...a thousand conflicting emotions rendered her mute as she bade me a tearful, silent farewell.Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
- A strain of melancholy, however, blended with his triumph, rendering his voice, as usual, soft and musical.James Fenimore Cooper -- The Last of the Mohicans
- My owner knew of it, and sought in every way to render me miserable.Harriet Jacobs -- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- Your position as secretary to the minister renders your authority great on the subject of political news;Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
- And then, to follow your Lordship's wishes I shall hold myself at your disposal to render an account to you, when and where you will.Bram Stoker -- Dracula
- This was the man who was going to lead our country: the guy rendered useless by tears.Kiera Cass -- The Selection
- "One time I asked her to have a chew and she said no thanks, that—chewing gum cleaved to her palate and rendered her speechless," said Jem carefully.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
render = make
rendered = made
rendering = to make or cause to become
render = make
renders = makes
render = make
rendered = made
rendered = made
3 —as in:
rendered with, or rendered from
Definition
to portray or create something in a particular way; or to interpret, translate, or extract fromThe exact meaning of this sense of render depends upon its context. For example:
- "Each artist will render a different interpretation when painting a portrait." — create in a particular way
- "A Supreme Court judge may render his own interpretation of the Constitution." — interpret in a particular way
- "The computer you are using, rendered this page from software instructions." — created through interpretation
- "A graph is rendered from the underlying data." — made
- "Fat can be rendered (extracted) by cooking meat slowly." — extracted from
- The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.
rendered = played (portrayed or gave her interpretation of)
Other Uses (with this meaning)
- The face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting.
- It is a low-resolution printer, but it will render a reasonable copy of the image.
- She rendered the French poem into English.
- The game runs faster by pre-rendering some of the video images.
- ...the lake reflected the scene of the busy heavens, rendered still busier by the restless waves that were beginning to rise.Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein
- McCandless's strange tale struck a personal note that made a dispassionate rendering of the tragedy impossible.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- It ran: times 3.12.83 reporting bb dayorder doubleplusungood refs unpersons rewrite fullwise upsub antefiling In Oldspeak (or standard English) this might be rendered: The reporting of Big Brother's Order for the Day in The Times of December 3rd 1983 is extremely unsatisfactory and makes references to non-existent persons.George Orwell -- 1984
- I myself ... will render it an act of greater baseness, meanness, and cruelty in him if he still dares to force this marriage on.Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby
- churned butter, rendered fat, laid fires....Toni Morrison -- Beloved
rendered = portrayed or created in a particular way
rendered = portrayed (made to look)
rendering = interpretation or portrayal
rendered = translated
render = interpret (consider)
rendered = extracted from
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A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of render.