render
pronunciation
How to pronounce render in British English:
UK [ˈrendə(r)]
How to pronounce render in American English:
US [ˈrendər]
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- Noun:
- a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to masonry walls
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- Verb:
- cause to become
- provide or furnish with
- give an interpretation or rendition of
- give or supply
- pass down
- make over as a return
- give back
- to surrender someone or something to another
- show in, or as in, a picture
- coat with plastic or cement
- bestow
- restate (words) from one language into another language
- melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities
Word Origin
- render
- render: [14] Latin reddere meant ‘give back’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix re- ‘back’ and dāre ‘give’ (source of English date, donate, etc). In Vulgar Latin this was changed to *rendere, perhaps under the influence of prendere ‘take’, which passed into English via Old French rendre. Rent ‘payment’ goes back to the past participle of *rendere.=> date, donate, rent
- render (v.)
- late 14c., "repeat, say again," from Old French rendre "give back, present, yield" (10c.), from Vulgar Latin *rendere (formed by dissimilation or on analogy of its antonym, prendre "to take"), from Latin reddere "give back, return, restore," from red- "back" (see re-) + comb. form of dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). Meaning "hand over, deliver" is recorded from late 14c.; "to return" (thanks, a verdict, etc.) is attested from late 15c.; meaning "represent, depict" is first attested 1590s. Irregular retention of -er in a French verb in English is perhaps to avoid confusion with native rend (v.) or by influence of a Middle English legalese noun render "a payment of rent," from French noun use of the infinitive. Related: Rendered; rendering.
- render (n.)
- 1580s, agent noun from rend (v.).
Example
- 1. Liquidity constraints render the banks ineffective . Capital infusions are needed .
- 2. This enables each player 's computer to render a vivid , three-dimensional world .
- 3. While html5 will still render these items , you really should have shifted away from them years ago .
- 4. To render the dark scene close to what I saw I took 7 consecutive 15-second exposures in under 2 minutes interval .
- 5. This is typically used to allow a program like a twitter client to render and show a web page without switching over to safari .