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into parts with force or sudden violence; to tear asunder; to split; to burst; as, powder rends a rock in blasting; lightning rends an oak. The dreadful thunder Doth rend the region. Shak.

One who rends.

Capable of being rendered.

One who renders.

The act of one who renders, or that which is rendered. Specifically: (a) A version; translation; as, the rendering of the Hebrew text. Lowth. (b) In art, the presentation, expression, or interpretation of an idea, theme, or part. (c) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (d) The coat of…

A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet. An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers. Sir W. Scott.

Capable, or admitting, of being rendered.

The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war. The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood after articles of rendition. Evelyn.

A kind of dynamite used in blasting. [U.S.]

In some provinces of Russia, one who farms the rents or revenues.

A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes.

To delay. Bailey.

A report of an officer or agent.

See Legislature.

Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.

Fearful; frightful. [Obs.] I. Watts.

Irreverent. [Obs.] Immodest speech, or irreverend gesture. Strype.

To render wrongly; to translate or recite wrongly. Boyle.

Dying; a gradual decrescendo at the end of a strain or cadence.

Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due. The nonrendition of a service which is due. S. E. Dwight.