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rendered - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Render \Ren"der\ (r?n"d?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rendered
     (-d?rd);p. pr. & vb. n. Rendering.] [F. rendre, LL. rendre,
     fr. L. reddere; pref. red-, re-, re- + dare to give. See
     Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent.]
     1. To return; to pay back; to restore.
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              Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
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              I will render vengeance to mine enemies. --Deut.
                                                    xxxii. 41.
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     3. To give up; to yield; to surrender.
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              I 'll make her render up her page to me. --Shak.
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     4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute.
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              Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and
              virtue.                               --I. Watts.
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     5. To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an
        account; to render judgment.
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     6. To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more
        safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.
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     7. To translate from one language into another; as, to render
        Latin into English.
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     8. To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an
        actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage
        of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a
        felicitous manner.
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              He did render him the most unnatural
              That lived amongst men.               --Shak.
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     9. To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty
        animal substances; as, to render tallow.
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     10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of
         lath.
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