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ender v. 1 depict, picture, represent, reproduce, portray, create,<br />

produce, do, execute, make, accomplish, achieve: <strong>The</strong> artist<br />

rendered this portrait <strong>of</strong> the family from a photograph. 2 make,<br />

cause to be or become: <strong>The</strong> news <strong>of</strong> winning the lottery rendered<br />

me speechless. 3 give (up), yield (up), surrender, relinquish,<br />

resign, cede, deliver, hand over, tender, <strong>of</strong>fer, pr<strong>of</strong>fer,<br />

present, furnish, provide: <strong>The</strong> inscription on the tomb has<br />

still not rendered up its secret. To Caesar will I render my<br />

legions and my horse. 4 play, perform: She rendered a fugue<br />

most beautifully on a harpsichord. 5 deliver, return: <strong>The</strong> jury<br />

rendered a verdict <strong>of</strong> Guilty. 6 translate, decode, decipher,<br />

transcribe, convert, explain, interpret, put, restate, reword,<br />

rephrase: She rendered the passage into idiomatic English. 7<br />

deliver, hand in, present, <strong>of</strong>fer, pr<strong>of</strong>fer, furnish, provide,<br />

tender: <strong>The</strong>y rendered their invoice for the work already done.<br />

8 Usually, Brit render down. melt, clarify, extract: <strong>The</strong> fat<br />

must be rendered down before it can be used for making soap.<br />

rendering n. depiction, showing, presentation, interpretation,<br />

conception, version, rendition, representation, delineation,<br />

portrayal, picture: This is the architect's rendering <strong>of</strong> what<br />

the building will look like when completed.<br />

rendition n. 1 performance, interpretation, execution, conception,<br />

concept, understanding, construction, reading, rendering: I<br />

have never before heard such an exquisite rendition <strong>of</strong> a Bach<br />

cantata. 2 See rendering, above.<br />

renegade n. 1 deserter, turncoat, heretic, defector, traitor, apostate,<br />

Archaic renegado: <strong>The</strong> renegade has organized a conspiracy<br />

against us.<br />

--adj. 2 traitorous, treacherous, perfidious, treasonous,<br />

apostate, heretical, disloyal: A renegade band <strong>of</strong> deserters has<br />

turned against the army leaders.<br />

renege v. 1 Cards revoke: When you renege you fail to follow suit. 2<br />

go back on, back out, default, repudiate, go back on or break<br />

(one's) promise or word, recant, abrogate, abjure, Slang welsh<br />

(on): You swore you would keep your word, and now you're<br />

reneging.

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