Both Uses of
render
in
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- My hour is almost come, When I to sulph'uous and tormenting flames Must render up myself.†
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- To his good friends thus wide I'll ope my arms; And, like the kind life-rendering pelican, Repast them with my blood.†
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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