Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Render \Ren"der\, v. i.
   1. To give an account; to make explanation or confession.
      [Obs.]

   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.

Render \Ren"der\, n.
   1. A surrender. [Obs.] --Shak.

   2. A return; a payment of rent.

            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.

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

Render \Rend"er\ (-?r), n. [From {Rend}.]
   One who rends.

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
   {Date}time, and cf. {Reddition}, {Rent}.]
   1. To return; to pay back; to restore.

            Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may.
                                                  --Spenser.

   2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.

            I will render vengeance to mine enemies. --Deut.
                                                  xxxii. 41.

   3. To give up; to yield; to surrender.

            I 'll make her render up her page to me. --Shak.

   4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute.

            Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and
            virtue.                               --I. Watts.

   5. To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an
      account; to render judgment.

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

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

   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.

            He did render him the most unnatural That lived
            amongst men.                          --Shak.

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

   10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of
       lath.

Source : WordNet®

render
     n : a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to
         masonry walls

render
     v 1: cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"
     2: provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an
        electrical heater" [syn: {supply}, {provide}, {furnish}]
     3: give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist
        rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" [syn: {interpret}]
     4: give or supply; "The cow brings in 5 liters of milk"; "This
        year's crop yielded 1,000 bushels of corn"; "The estate
        renders some revenue for the family" [syn: {yield}, {return},
         {give}, {generate}]
     5: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn: {deliver},
         {return}]
     6: make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" [syn:
         {submit}]
     7: give back; "render money" [syn: {return}]
     8: to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard
        delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the
        prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the
        money" [syn: {hand over}, {fork over}, {fork out}, {fork
        up}, {turn in}, {get in}, {deliver}]
     9: show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country
        life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much
        tenderness in this painting" [syn: {picture}, {depict}, {show}]
     10: coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the
         den"
     11: bestow; "give hommage"; "render thanks" [syn: {give}]
     12: restate (words) from one language into another language; "I
         have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the
         U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting
         dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into
         English"; "He translates for the U.N." [syn: {translate},
          {interpret}]
     13: melt (fat, lard, etc.) in order to separate out impurities;
         "try the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" [syn: {try}]