Definition of: render

(ren′dər) v.t.
1. To give, present, or submit for action, approval, payment, etc.
2. To provide or furnish; give: to render aid to the poor.
3. To give as due: to render obedience.
4. To perform; do: to render great service.
5. To give or state formally: to render judgment.
6. To give by way of requital or retribution: to render double for one's sins.
7. To represent or depict, as in music or painting.
8. To cause to be or become: to render a ship seaworthy.
9. To express in another language; translate.
10. To melt and clarify, as lard.
11. To give back; return: often with back.
12. To surrender; give up: to render a fortress. See synonyms under INTERPRET.
—noun
1. A payment, specifically of rent, made to a superior.
2. A coat of plaster applied without intervening lathing. [<F rendre <L reddere give back <re- back + dare give]
—ren′der·a·ble adjective
—ren′der·er noun