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To use frequently and indiscriminately, so as to render trite and commonplace. The word "remarkable" has been so hacked of late. J. H. Newman.

e Court of Appeals handed down its decision. -- To hand over, to yield control of; to surrender; to deliver up.

To render handsome. [Obs.] Donne

r. See under Solder. -- Hard water, water, which contains lime or some mineral substance rendering it unfit for washing. See Hardness, 3.- Hard wood, wood of a solid or hard texture; as walnut, oak, ash, box, and the like, in distinction from pine, poplar, hemlock, etc.- In hard condition, in excellent condition for r…

To render heathen or heathenish. Firmin.

To render like heaven or fit for heaven. [R.] Bp. Hall.

To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties. Southey

To carry forward; to advance; to increase; to augment; to aggravate; to intensify; to render more conspicuous; -- used of things, good or bad; as, to heighten beauty; to heighten a flavor or a tint. "To heighten our confusion." Addison. An aspect of mystery which was easily heightened to the miraculous. Hawthorne.…

itle vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a co…

Holding a title or place without rendering service or receiving reward; as, an honorary member of a society.

To render (a building) unfit for habitation, by long continued use as a hospital.

To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize. Was it the business of magic to humanize our natures with compassion Addison.

One who renders humane.

To render hybrid; to produce by mixture of stocks.

Rendered idiotic; befooled. [R.] Tennyson.

To render illegitimate; to declare or prove to be born out of wedlock; to bastardize; to illegitimatize. The marriage should only be dissolved for the future, without illegitimating the issue. Bp. Burnet.

To render illegitimate; to bastardize.

To render immaterial or incorporeal. Immateralized spirits. Glanvill.

To render immethodical; to destroy the method of; to confuse. [R.]

To render immortal; to cause to live or exist forever. S. Clarke.