The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Render \Ren"der\, v. i.
   1. To give an account; to make explanation or confession.
      [Obs.]
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   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Render \Ren"der\, n.
   1. A surrender. [Obs.] --Shak.
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   2. A return; a payment of rent.
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            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.
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   3. An account given; a statement. [Obs.] --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Render \Rend"er\ (-?r), n. [From Rend.]
   One who rends.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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
   Datetime, and cf. Reddition, Rent.]
   1. To return; to pay back; to restore.
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            Whose smallest minute lost, no riches render may.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
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            I will render vengeance to mine enemies. --Deut.
                                                  xxxii. 41.
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   3. To give up; to yield; to surrender.
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            I 'll make her render up her page to me. --Shak.
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   4. Hence, to furnish; to contribute.
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            Logic renders its daily service to wisdom and
            virtue.                               --I. Watts.
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   5. To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an
      account; to render judgment.
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   6. To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more
      safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.
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   7. To translate from one language into another; as, to render
      Latin into English.
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   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.
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            He did render him the most unnatural
            That lived amongst men.               --Shak.
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   9. To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty
      animal substances; as, to render tallow.
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   10. To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of
       lath.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

render
    n 1: a substance similar to stucco but exclusively applied to
         masonry walls
    v 1: cause to become; "The shot rendered her immobile"
    2: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room
       with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide,
       render, furnish]
    3: give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered
       the Beethoven sonata beautifully" [syn: interpret,
       render]
    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: render, yield,
       return, give, generate]
    5: pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment" [syn:
       render, deliver, return]
    6: make over as a return; "They had to render the estate" [syn:
       render, submit]
    7: give back; "render money" [syn: render, 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, deliver, render]
    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,
       render, show]
    10: coat with plastic or cement; "render the brick walls in the
        den"
    11: bestow; "give homage"; "render thanks" [syn: give,
        render]
    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,
        render]
    13: melt (fat or lard) in order to separate out impurities; "try
        the yak butter"; "render fat in a casserole" [syn: try,
        render]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

279 Moby Thesaurus words for "render":
   English, abandon, abide by, abjure, accompany, accomplish, accord,
   achieve, adhere to, administer, administrate, afford, allot, allow,
   assimilate to, award, become, bestow, bestow on, bring about,
   bring off, bring to, bring to life, bring to pass, broadcast,
   carry out, carry through, catch a likeness, cede, change,
   change into, change over, character, characterize, chart, chord,
   circulate, clarify, colliquate, come across with, commit,
   communicate, compensate, complete, concentrate, concertize, confer,
   construe, convert, convey, create, deal, deal out, decipher,
   decoct, decode, defrost, delineate, deliver, deliver over, depict,
   describe, diagram, discharge, disgorge, dish out, dispense,
   dispense with, dispose of, disseminate, distill, distribute, do,
   do over, do to, do without, dole, dole out, donate, draw, drop,
   dump, effect, effectuate, enforce, essentialize, evoke, execute,
   explain, express, extend, extract, fee, fill out, flux, forgo,
   fork out, fork over, forswear, forward, fulfill, furnish, fuse,
   get across, get along without, get over, get rid of, gift,
   gift with, give, give away, give freely, give in, give out,
   give over, give up, give word, give words to, go and do, govern,
   grant, guerdon, hand, hand in, hand on, hand out, hand over,
   have done with, heap, help to, hit off, honor, image, impart,
   implement, indemnify, inflict, infuse, interpret, issue,
   kiss good-bye, lavish, leave word, let have, limn, make,
   make a sacrifice, make known, make music, make out, make over, map,
   melt, melt down, mete, mete out, naturalize, notate, observe,
   offer, outline, paint, part with, pass, pass along, pass on,
   pass out, pass over, pay, pay by installments, pay on, perform,
   perpetrate, picture, picturize, play, play by ear, portray, pour,
   prepay, present, press out, print, produce, proffer, promulgate,
   prosecute, provide, pull off, put, put in force, put through,
   quitclaim, rain, reach, realize, recant, recompense, reconvert,
   reduce to, refine, register, relinquish, remit, remunerate,
   render up, renounce, rephrase, report, represent, reproduce,
   resign, resolve into, restate, retract, return, reverse, reward,
   reword, rub, run, sacrifice, salary, satisfy, schematize, send,
   send word, serve, set forth, share, share with, shell out, shift,
   shower, signal, sketch, slip, smelt, snow, soak, spare, steep,
   surrender, swear off, switch, switch over, symbolize, symphonize,
   take a rubbing, take and do, tell, tender, thaw, throw up, trace,
   trace out, trace over, transact, transcribe, transfer, transform,
   translate, transliterate, transmit, transpose, turn, turn back,
   turn into, turn over, unfreeze, up and do, vacate, vouchsafe,
   waive, wreak, wring, wring out, write, yield



Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

RENDER. To yield; to return; to give again; it is the reverse of prender.