All 4 Uses of
render
in
Atlas Shrugged
- I had to call on you, because it is a matter that involves someone's mind, a very great mind, and"-she spoke impersonally, in the manner of rendering exact justice-"and you are the only great mind left in this field."†
Chpt 2.1 *
- You have been thinking of the great service which that motor could have rendered to mankind, if it had been put into production.†
Chpt 3.1 *
- I think that on the day when men understand the meaning of its fate in that factory's junk heap-it will have rendered a greater one.†
Chpt 3.1
- There was a desperate intensity in the boy's face, the intensity of a crusader's battle, his voice seemed to gain a sound of life from some fuel burning in broken spurts within him—and Rearden knew that the greatest assistance he could now render was to listen.†
Chpt 3.6
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