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(Latin: rendere from reddere, "to give back, to restore; to give up; to translate")
Pre-rendered graphics, in computer graphics, is video footage that is not being rendered in real-time by the hardware that is producing or playing back the video.
2. To submit or present, as for consideration, approval, or payment: "To render a bill."
3. To give or make available; to provide: "She tried to render assistance."
4. To give what is due or owed: "She wanted to render thanks for his help."
5. To give in return or retribution: "He made an effort to render an apology for his rudeness."
6. To surrender or relinquish; to yield.
7. To represent in verbal form; to depict: “He was able to render a written explanation."
8. In computer science: To convert (graphics) from a file into visual form; as on a video display.
9. In music; to perform an interpretation of (a musical piece, for example) or to arrange; to portray something or somebody in art, literature, music, or acting: "He rendered the composition for string quartet."
10. To express in another language or form; to translate.
11. To deliver or pronounce formally: "The jury has rendered its verdict."
12. To cause to become; to make: "The news rendered her speechless."
13. To reduce, convert, or melt down (fat) by heating.
14. To coat (a brick, for example) with plaster or cement.
2. A translation of a literary work.
3. The act of translating something into another language.
4. An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious: "Imitations are often utilized to provide a more accurate rendition of a child's intended meaning."
A rendition of information about rendition
The core meaning of "rendition" is "the act or result of rendering", taking us back to the verb "to render", which derives from the Latin rendere, meaning "to give back".
Render is a verb with many senses, but the relevant ones for us now are "to produce, hand over, surrender, or submit". The noun "rendition", which first appeared in English in the early 17th century, originally meant "the surrender of a garrison, place, or thing", a bit later including the surrender or forcible return of a person; such as, escaped slaves were often "rendered" (returned to their owners) by northern U.S. states before the Civil War.
Subsequent senses of "rendition" developed by the 19th century focused more on the "give" sense of "render", and "rendition" in the popular speech of the 20th century usually meant a musician's or a singer's "treatment" of a song.
Beginning about 1995, the Central Intelligence Agency inaugurated a form of extradition sometimes referred to as "extraordinary rendition", in which captured foreign terrorism suspects have been transported by the U.S. to other countries for interrogation (often involving tourture).
2. To give up in favor of another.
3. To give up or give back (something that has been granted): "To surrender a contractual right."
4. To give up or abandon: "To surrender all hope."
5. To give over or resign (oneself) to something, as to an emotion: "He surrendered himself to grief."
6. In law, to restore (an estate, for example); especially, to give up (a lease) before the expiration of the term.
7. Etymology: from 1441, "to give (something) up", from Old French surrendre, "to give up, to deliver over"; from sur-, "over" plus rendre, "to give back".
The reflexive sense of "to give oneself up"; especially, as a prisoner; appeared in 1585.