Render

Render

Verb · /ˈrɛndə/ · to give, produce, or cause something to be in a particular state; to depict or perform; to process and display

Definition

To render means to cause something to become, to give something formally, or to produce a result through effort or process. You render a service, render a verdict, render fat by heating it, render a building facade, and in computing, render a frame on screen. Every sense shares the same core: something is transformed and delivered.

Origin

From Old French rendre and Latin reddere — to give back, return, hand over. The Latin root combines re- (back) and dare (to give). English absorbed the word in the 14th century via French, carrying its full range of senses: to hand over, to perform, to depict, and eventually to process computationally.