render

render
[[t]re̱ndə(r)[/t]]
renders, rendering, rendered
1) VERB You can use render with an adjective that describes a particular state to say that someone or something is changed into that state. For example, if someone or something makes a thing harmless, you can say that they render it harmless.

[V n adj] It contained so many errors as to render it worthless.

[V n adj] ...barrel-makers whose trade was rendered obsolete by the introduction of stainless steel wine vats.

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2) VERB If you render someone help or service, you help them. [FORMAL]

[V n to n] He had a chance to render some service to his country...

[V n n] Any assistance you can render him will be appreciated...

[V-ed] The money was in fact payment by the CIA for services rendered.

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3) VERB When a jury or authority renders a verdict, decision, or response, they announce it. [FORMAL]

[V n] The Board had been slow to render its verdict.

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4) VERB To render something in a particular language or in a particular way means to translate it into that language or in that way. [FORMAL]

[V n as/in/into n] ...`Zensho shimasu,' which the translator rendered literally as, `I will do my best.'...

[V n as/in/into n] All the signs and announcements were rendered in English and Spanish.

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5) VERB To render a wall means to cover it with a layer of plaster or cement, usually in order to protect it. [mainly BRIT]
(in AM, usually use stucco)

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