Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
RENDER
I. verb (rendered; rendering) see: date
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1. to melt down , to treat so as to convert into industrial fats and oils or fertilizer,
2. to transmit to another ; deliver , give up , yield , to furnish for consideration, approval, or information: as, to hand down (a legal judgment), to agree on and report (a verdict),
3. to give in return or retribution, b. give back , restore , reflect , echo , to give in acknowledgment of dependence or obligation ; pay , to do (a service) for another,
4. a. to cause to be or become ; make , impart , b. to reproduce or represent by artistic or verb al means ; depict , to give a performance of, to produce a copy or version of , to execute the motions of , translate , to direct the execution of ; administer , to apply a coat of plaster or cement directly to, intransitive verb to give recompense, renderable adjective renderer noun
II. noun
Date: 1647
a return especially in goods or services due from a feudal tenant to his lord