Both Uses of
render
in
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- NEARLY a year later, in the month of October, 18—, London was startled by a crime of singular ferocity and rendered all the more notable by the high position of the victim.†
p. 28.1 *
- As you decide, you shall be left as you were before, and neither richer nor wiser, unless the sense of service rendered to a man in mortal distress may be counted as a kind of riches of the soul.†
p. 79.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(render as in: rendered service or a verdict) to give or supply something
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(2)
(render as in: rendered her unconscious) to make or cause to become
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(3)
(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
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(4)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of render.