[ˈrɛndə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- provide or give (a service, help, etc.)
(e.g: money serves as a reward for services rendered)

- cause to be or become; make
(e.g: the rains rendered his escape impossible)

- represent or depict artistically
(e.g: the eyes and the cheeks are exceptionally well rendered)

- covertly send (a foreign criminal or terrorist suspect) for interrogation abroad; subject to extraordinary rendition

- melt down (fat) in order to clarify it
(e.g: the fat was being cut up and rendered for lard)

- cover (stone or brick) with a coat of plaster
(e.g: external walls will be rendered and tiled)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French rendre, from an alteration of Latin reddere ‘give back’, from re- ‘back’ + dare ‘give’. The earliest senses were ‘recite’, ‘translate’, and ‘give back’ (hence ‘represent’ and ‘perform’); ‘hand over’ (hence ‘give help’ and ‘submit for consideration’); ‘cause to be’; and ‘melt down’

[ˈrɛndə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a first coat of plaster applied to a brick or stone surface


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French rendre, from an alteration of Latin reddere ‘give back’, from re- ‘back’ + dare ‘give’. The earliest senses were ‘recite’, ‘translate’, and ‘give back’ (hence ‘represent’ and ‘perform’); ‘hand over’ (hence ‘give help’ and ‘submit for consideration’); ‘cause to be’; and ‘melt down’