All 11 Uses of
render
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- The dog came up, licked his hand, and made signs implying that he expected some great reward for signal services rendered.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- A short pause ensued, and as a sort of entr'acte Henery turned and blew out the lanterns, which the increase of daylight rendered no longer necessary even in the malthouse, with its one pane of glass.†
Chpt 13-15
- In this meditative walk his foot met the floor with heel and toe simultaneously, and his fine reddish-fleshed face was bent downwards just enough to render obscure the still mouth and the well-rounded though rather prominent and broad chin.†
Chpt 16-18
- …of the fleece, rolls it up, and carries it into the background as three-and-a-half pounds of unadulterated warmth for the winter enjoyment of persons unknown and far away, who will, however, never experience the superlative comfort derivable from the wool as it here exists, new and pure—before the unctuousness of its nature whilst in a living state has dried, stiffened, and been washed out—rendering it just now as superior to anything WOOLLEN as cream is superior to milk-and-water.†
Chpt 22-24
- But during this rendering young Bob Coggan exhibited one of those anomalies which will afflict little people when other persons are particularly serious: in trying to check his laughter, he pushed down his throat as much of the tablecloth as he could get hold of, when, after continuing hermetically sealed for a short time, his mirth burst out through his nose.†
Chpt 22-24
- And yet she could not help feeling that the assistance he was rendering forbade a harsh repulse.†
Chpt 25-27
- The most tragic woman is cowed by a tragic man, and although Boldwood was, in vehemence and glow, nearly her own self rendered into another sex, Bathsheba's cheek quivered.†
Chpt 31-33
- There was not a sound of life save that acme and sublimation of all dismal sounds, the bark of a fox, its three hollow notes being rendered at intervals of a minute with the precision of a funeral bell.†
Chpt 40-42
- The air was rendered so transparent by the heavy fall of rain that the autumn hues of the middle distance were as rich as those near at hand, and the remote fields intercepted by the angle of the tower appeared in the same plane as the tower itself.†
Chpt 46-48
- Meanwhile Troy had added a few touches to his ordinary make-up for the character, the more effectually to disguise himself, and though he had felt faint qualms on first entering, the metamorphosis effected by judiciously "lining" his face with a wire rendered him safe from the eyes of Bathsheba and her men.†
Chpt 49-51
- I give it as the rendering of a debt, conditionally, of course, on my being a widow.†
Chpt 52-54 *
Definitions:
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(render as in: rendered service or a verdict) to give or supply something
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(render as in: rendered interpretation) 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