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Render


Definition:

  • (n.) One who rends.
  • (v. t.) To return; to pay back; to restore.
  • (v. t.) To inflict, as a retribution; to requite.
  • (v. t.) To give up; to yield; to surrender.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to furnish; to contribute.
  • (v. t.) To furnish; to state; to deliver; as, to render an account; to render judgment.
  • (v. t.) To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.
  • (v. t.) To translate from one language into another; as, to render Latin into English.
  • (v. t.) To interpret; to set forth, represent, or exhibit; as, an actor renders his part poorly; a singer renders a passage of music with great effect; a painter renders a scene in a felicitous manner.
  • (v. t.) To try out or extract (oil, lard, tallow, etc.) from fatty animal substances; as, to render tallow.
  • (v. t.) To plaster, as a wall of masonry, without the use of lath.
  • (v. i.) To give an account; to make explanation or confession.
  • (v. i.) To pass; to run; -- said of the passage of a rope through a block, eyelet, etc.; as, a rope renders well, that is, passes freely; also, to yield or give way.
  • (n.) A surrender.
  • (n.) A return; a payment of rent.
  • (n.) An account given; a statement.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Expression of transfected CD4 on the surface of HeLa and other human cells renders them susceptible to HIV infection 10.
  • (2) If an E. coli Gal-U mutant strain, defective in the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) carbohydrate chain length, was used, each approach rendered 100% labelling.
  • (3) The use of sulphur-containing amino acids and 2-deoxyglucose in growth media led to impaired cell wall synthesis and rendered cells very susceptible to treatment with mercapto-ethanol and various lytic enzymes.
  • (4) This was capable of sensitizing human thyroid (and other) cells and rendering them susceptible to killing by normal lymphocytes.
  • (5) The conventional explanation for the high fatality rate due to cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonitis among allogeneic transplant recipients is that immunosuppression renders the host unable to control replication of this opportunistic agent.
  • (6) This chapter describes a systematic approach to the art of collection for services rendered, based primarily on a pay-as-you-go philosophy.
  • (7) Newborn rats were rendered hyperthyroid (daily subcutaneous injections of L-triiodothyronine, 10 micrograms 100 g-1 body weight) or hypothyroid (0.05% 6-n-propyl-2-thiouracil in drinking water to nursing mothers) during the first 3 weeks of postnatal life.
  • (8) The rapidity of obtaining the results (within one hour), the complete absence of untoward reactions to the radiopharmaceuticals, the much lower frequency of subtle or indeterminate results, the ability to render useful information in the presence of moderate jaundice and the lack of interference from overlying intestinal contents establishes these radionuclide agents as superior to both radiographic oral and intravenous cholangiography in the investigation of the acute abdomen.
  • (9) Most ears are rendered dry and safe, with cavity problems minimized by careful technique.
  • (10) All initially positive patients were rendered tilt negative by therapy.
  • (11) In a noncontracting in vitro preparation of combined right and left atria we demonstrated by electron microscopy that, at 37 degrees C, transition from zero pressure to a physiological distending pressure of 5.1 mm Hg rapidly rendered atrial endocardial endothelium permeable to the macromolecular probes horseradish peroxidase (HRP; M(r), approximately 40,000) and wheat germ agglutinin-HRP (M(r), approximately 70,000); each probe was introduced at the atrial cavitary endocardial surface.
  • (12) Davis said he would be surprised if an incoming Conservative government did not set up an immediate inquiry into this case and others where Britain is alleged to have been involved in the secret rendering by the US of detainees to prison where they were likely to be tortured.
  • (13) (c) A greater than 80% reduction in clone PAK 17.15 lung colony number was observed in mice rendered thrombocytopenic by i.v.
  • (14) Exact comparisons of recovery of ocular tone (Maddox Wing test) between the anaesthetics were not possible as both Althesin and methohexitone rendered some patients incapable of taking the tests in the early post-operative period.
  • (15) (vii) Two deletions within the EBNA-2 gene which rendered EBV transformation incompetent did not transactivate LMP1, whereas a transformation-competent EBNA-2 deletion mutant did transactivate LMP1.
  • (16) Psychiatrists in the U.S. have raised a host of issues related to their experience with peer review including a concern for the patient's confidentiality, the need to correlate normative standards with local customary practice, the significance of the reviewer's theoretical orientation and training, the optimal documentation required and the impact of peer review on the reimbursement of claims for services rendered.
  • (17) Thus, the solid-phase synthesis of peptides selectively deprotected at the side chain of tyrosine is rendered possible by the use of 2-chlorotrityl resin and Fmoc-Tyr(Trt)-OH.
  • (18) Either vaccine given at full dosage alone, or in combination, rendered birds resistant to homologous viral challenge.
  • (19) This erratic course renders difficult assessment of the efficacy of methods of treatment.
  • (20) Off came defensive midfielder Claudio Yacob, rendered surplus to requirements by the dismissals of Afellay and Adam, and on went forward Rickie Lambert.

Return


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.
  • (v. i.) To come back, or begin again, after an interval, regular or irregular; to appear again.
  • (v. i.) To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
  • (v. i.) To revert; to pass back into possession.
  • (v. i.) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.
  • (v. t.) To bring, carry, send, or turn, back; as, to return a borrowed book, or a hired horse.
  • (v. t.) To repay; as, to return borrowed money.
  • (v. t.) To give in requital or recompense; to requite.
  • (v. t.) To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks.
  • (v. t.) To retort; to throw back; as, to return the lie.
  • (v. t.) To report, or bring back and make known.
  • (v. t.) To render, as an account, usually an official account, to a superior; to report officially by a list or statement; as, to return a list of stores, of killed or wounded; to return the result of an election.
  • (v. t.) Hence, to elect according to the official report of the election officers.
  • (v. t.) To bring or send back to a tribunal, or to an office, with a certificate of what has been done; as, to return a writ.
  • (v. t.) To convey into official custody, or to a general depository.
  • (v. t.) To bat (the ball) back over the net.
  • (v. t.) To lead in response to the lead of one's partner; as, to return a trump; to return a diamond for a club.
  • (n.) The act of returning (intransitive), or coming back to the same place or condition; as, the return of one long absent; the return of health; the return of the seasons, or of an anniversary.
  • (n.) The act of returning (transitive), or sending back to the same place or condition; restitution; repayment; requital; retribution; as, the return of anything borrowed, as a book or money; a good return in tennis.
  • (n.) That which is returned.
  • (n.) A payment; a remittance; a requital.
  • (n.) An answer; as, a return to one's question.
  • (n.) An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of the amount of goods produced or sold; especially, in the plural, a set of tabulated statistics prepared for general information.
  • (n.) The profit on, or advantage received from, labor, or an investment, undertaking, adventure, etc.
  • (n.) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, as a molding or mold; -- applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer; thus, a facade of sixty feet east and west has a return of twenty feet north and south.
  • (n.) The rendering back or delivery of writ, precept, or execution, to the proper officer or court.
  • (n.) The certificate of an officer stating what he has done in execution of a writ, precept, etc., indorsed on the document.
  • (n.) The sending back of a commission with the certificate of the commissioners.
  • (n.) A day in bank. See Return day, below.
  • (n.) An official account, report, or statement, rendered to the commander or other superior officer; as, the return of men fit for duty; the return of the number of the sick; the return of provisions, etc.
  • (n.) The turnings and windings of a trench or mine.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) If Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, who bought the island in 1738, were to return today he would doubtless recognise the scene, though he might be surprised that his small private buildings have grown into a sizable hotel.
  • (2) Until his return to Brazil in 1985, Niemeyer worked in Israel, France and north Africa, designing among other buildings the University of Haifa on Mount Carmel; the campus of Constantine University in Algeria (now known as Mentouri University); the offices of the French Communist party and their newspaper l'Humanité in Paris; and the ministry of external relations and the cathedral in Brasilia.
  • (3) Squadron Leader Kevin Harris, commander of the Merlins at Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, praised the crews, adding: "The Merlins will undergo an extensive programme of maintenance and cleaning before being packed up, ensuring they return to the UK in good order."
  • (4) Blood flow decreased immediately after skin expansion in areas over the tissue expander on days 0 and 1 and returned to baseline levels within 24 hours.
  • (5) Eighty-two per cent of patients with falciparum malaria had recently returned from Africa whereas 82% with vivax malaria had visited Asia.
  • (6) Other haematological parameters remained normal, with the exception of the absolute number of lymphocytes, which initially fell sharply but soon returned to, and even exceeded, control levels.
  • (7) Since the advance and return of sperm inside the tubes could facilitate the interaction of sperm with secretions participating in its maturation, the persistent infertility after vasectomy could be related to the contractile alteration that follows the excessive tubal distention.
  • (8) In documents due to be published by the bank, it will signal a need to shed costs from a business that employs 10,000 people as it scrambles to return to profit.
  • (9) Compared with conservative management, better long-term success (determined by return of athletic soundness and less evidence of degenerative joint disease) was achieved with surgical curettage of elbow subchondral cystic lesions.
  • (10) I can see you use humour as a defence mechanism, so in return I could just tell you that if he's massively rich or famous and you've decided you'll put up with it to please him, you'll eventually discover it's not worth it.
  • (11) Though the 54-year-old designer made brief returns to the limelight after his fall from grace, designing a one-off collection for Oscar de la Renta last year , his appointment at Margiela marks a more permanent comeback.
  • (12) In order for the club to grow and sustain its ability to be a competitive force in the Premier League, the board has made a number of decisions which will strengthen the club, support the executive team, manager and his staff and enhance shareholder return.
  • (13) Results indicate that energy had not returned to patients' satisfaction in 37% of the cases.
  • (14) By the time Van Kirk returned to the US in June 1943, he had flown 58 combat and eight transport missions.
  • (15) Mice also had a decreased ability to develop delayed-type hypersensitivity reactions while being given cadmium; this abnormality also returned toward normal after withdrawal of cadmium.
  • (16) Of the 138 patients who were admitted to the study, only seventy-one (51 per cent) could be followed for an average of 3.5 years (a typical return rate of urban trauma centers).
  • (17) These results indicate that during IPPV the increased Pcv attenuates the pressure gradient for venous return and decreases CO and that the compensatory increase in Psf is caused by a blood shift from unstressed to stressed blood volume.
  • (18) A 99.0% response rate was obtained: 2750 of a possible 2778 diaries were returned.
  • (19) Dominic Fifield Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ravel Morrison, who has been on loan at QPR, may be set for a return to Loftus Road.
  • (20) But whatever they invested in me, they got in return 10, 20 times more.