All 8 Uses
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Flags of Our Fathers
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- They were hidden in a sophisticated tunnel system that crisscrossed the island; reinforced tunnels that had rendered the furiously firing Japanese all but invisible to the exposed attackers.†
Chpt 1. *
- I glanced toward the frieze on the monument, a rendering of the photo's image.†
Chpt 1.
- Aware that the American individualistic ethic did not lend itself to easy subordination, the military designed basic training as "intensive shock treatment," rendering the trainee "helplessly insecure in the bewildering newness and complexity of his environment."†
Chpt 3.
- The surface of Iwo was rendered white on the map.†
Chpt 6.
- It was rendered in different tongues, but the meaning was universal.†
Chpt 6.
- The dominant feature was Mount Suribachi, festooned with an artist's rendering of a Japanese flag sitting atop it.†
Chpt 12. *
- Dave Severance would later write, in his report on Doc, that "I observed him repeatedly running to any sector of the company zone of action to render first aid," and that "it would be hard to estimate the number of lives he saved by his prompt and skillful administration of medical aid, carried out with complete disregard for his own safety, nor to fully express how stimulating his devotion to duty was to the morale of those who served with him and were treated by him."†
Chpt 13.
- It wasn't about subservience or projecting a false image, it was about rendering true service.†
Chpt 14.
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.