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rendre

rendre is the archaic form of render.

Meaning of render

Verb

render (third-person singular simple present renders, present participle rendering, simple past and past participle rendered)

  1. (ditransitive) To cause to become.
    • The shot rendered her immobile.
    Synonyms:
    make
  2. (transitive) To interpret, give an interpretation or rendition of.
    • The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully.
  3. (transitive) To translate into another language.
    • to render Latin into English
  4. (transitive) To pass down.
    • render a verdict (i.e., deliver a judgment)
  5. (transitive) To make over as a return.
    • They had to render the estate.
  6. (transitive) To give; to give back; to deliver.
    • render aid; render money

See all 25 meanings of render

Forms of rendre

third-person singular presentrendres
present participlerendring
past participlerendred
pastrendred

Questions about rendre

What is rendre the archaic form of?
Rendre is the archaic form of render.

Words near rendre in the dictionary

  1. rendoll
  2. rendolls
  3. Rendon
  4. Rendons
  5. Rendova
  6. rendre
  7. rendred
  8. rendres
  9. rendrest
  10. rendreth
  11. rendring

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rendre (page history and authors); render (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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