0 past simple and past participle of render --
1 to cause someone or something to be in a particular state: --
New technology has rendered my old computer obsolete.
[ + adj ] His rudeness rendered me speechless.
2 to give something such as a service, a personal opinion or expression, or a performance of a song or poem, etc. to people: --
3 to put a first layer of plaster or cement on a wall --
The practice of deputization, which had rendered some posts essentially sinecures, was abolished, and meaningful salaries replaced compensation by fees.
As the jobbers were subjected to greater pressure by their rivals and their clients in the neighbourhood, they were rendered more vulnerable in the workplace.
Indeed, when we include the political scale variable in the regressions, all of the other variables that gauge perceptions about distribution are rendered insignificant.
The occurrence of such miraculous events, although entirely determined by the initial conditions of the universe, cannot be rendered predictable by human observers.
Brokers were required : preachers and teachers who could represent text in ways that rendered it meaningful for the majority.
Cures attributed to saints were capable of naturalistic explanation, but they were not rendered innocuous by this means.
It is this mobility of capital and over-diversification that rendered rent-seeking more corrupt and corrosive, and brought corporations close to collapse.
Rationalism may be rendered coherent by the proper recognition of its inherent limitations, he concludes.
