All 4 Uses

render
in
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
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The barker called them and their children names ... but the food on his vest and the hole in his pants rendered it fairly harmless.
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rendered = made or caused to become
churned butter, rendered fat, laid fires....
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rendered = extracted from
He ferried them and rendered them paid for; gave them their own bill of sale, so to speak.
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rendered = made or caused to become
So when I knew we'd be rendering and smoking and I couldn't see after him, well, I got a rope and tied it round his ankle.†
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Definitions:

(1) (render as in: rendered service or a verdict)
to give or supply something
(2) (render as in: rendered her unconscious)
to make or cause to become
(3) (render as in: rendered interpretation)
to portray or create something in a particular way; or to interpret, translate, or extract from
The 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
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of render.