All 11 Uses
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
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- My owner knew of it, and sought in every way to render me miserable.
Chpt 4 *render = make
- They had all been kind to us, and they had rendered us a greater service than they could possibly conceive of.
Chpt 31 *rendered = given
- They had no suspicion that it belonged to a slave; otherwise, the law would have been followed out to the letter, and the thing rendered back to slavery.†
Chpt 4
- On his return, he told my grandmother that he had seen her son, and of the service he had rendered him.†
Chpt 4
- I knew I had ignited the torch, and I expected to suffer for it afterwards; but I felt too thankful to my mistress for the timely aid she rendered me to care much about that.†
Chpt 6
- Though they had only counselled them to do that which it was their duty to do, it commanded their respect, and rendered their conduct more exemplary.†
Chpt 6
- To the last, she rendered every kindness to the slaves that her unfortunate circumstances permitted.†
Chpt 9
- There may be sophistry in all this; but the condition of a slave confuses all principles of morality, and, in fact, renders the practice of them impossible.†
Chpt 10
- It was a piece of the New York Herald; and, for once, the paper that systematically abuses the colored people, was made to render them a service.†
Chpt 25
- Mrs. Flint had rendered her poor foster-sister childless, apparently without any compunction; and with cruel selfishness had ruined her health by years of incessant, unrequited toil, and broken rest.†
Chpt 28
- I sought out the kind captain, thanked him for his attentions, and told him I should never cease to be grateful for the service he had rendered us.†
Chpt 31
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 her unconscious) to make or cause to become
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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
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of render.