v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rent p. pr. & vb. n. Rending. ] [ AS. rendan, hrendan; cf. OFries. renda, randa, Fries. renne to cut, rend, Icel. hrinda to push, thrust, AS. hrindan; or cf. Icel. ræna to rob, plunder, Ir. rannaim to divide, share, part, W. rhanu, Armor. ranna. ] 1. To separate into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dreadful thunder
Doth rend the region. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To part or tear off forcibly; to take away by force. [ 1913 Webster ]

An empire from its old foundations rent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will surely rend the kingdom from thee. 1 Kings xi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

To rap and rend. See under Rap, v. t., to snatch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To tear; burst; break; rupture; lacerate; fracture; crack; split. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be rent or torn; to become parted; to separate; to split. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Rendered 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will render vengeance to mine enemies. Deut. xxxii. 41. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give up; to yield; to surrender. [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll make her render up her page to me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and virtue. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He did render him the most unnatural
That lived amongst men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A surrender. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A return; a payment of rent. [ 1913 Webster ]

In those early times the king's household was supported by specific renders of corn and other victuals from the tenants of the demains. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An account given; a statement. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To give an account; to make explanation or confession. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Rend. ] One who rends. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being rendered. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who renders. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vessel in which lard or tallow, etc., is rendered. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered. Specifically: (a) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. Lowth. (b) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of plaster thus laid on. Gwilt. (e) The process of trying out or extracting lard, tallow, etc., from animal fat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Rendezvoused p. pr. & vb. n. Rendezvousing ] To assemble or meet at a particular place. [ 1913 Webster ]