rendering 
2. In I lie Jim' nrlft mid \\wilrnmn, intrrpreta- 
tion; delineation; reproduction; representa- 
tion ; exhibition. 
When all Is to be reduced to outline, the forms of flow- 
ers and lower animals are always more intelligible, and 
are felt to approach much more to a satisfactory rendering 
of the objects intended, than the outlines of the human 
body. Rmkin. 
An adequate rendering of his [Liszt's] pieces requires 
not only great physical power, but a mental energy . . . 
which few persons possess. Grove, Diet. Music, II. 741. 
3. In plastering : (a) The laying on of a first coat 
of plaster on brickwork or stonework. (6) The 
coat thus laid on. 
The mere . . . rendering is the most economical sort of 
plastering, and does for inferior rooms or cottages. 
Workshop Receipts, 1st sen, p. 121. 
4. The process of trying out or clarifying, 
rendering-pan (ren'der-iug-pan), n. Same as 
rendering-tank. 
rendering-tank (ren'der-ing-tangk), n. A tank 
or boiler, usually steam-jacketed, for rendering 
lard or oil from fat. It is sometimes provided with 
mechanical devices for stirring and breaking up the fat 
Rendering-tank and Condenser. 
jl, tank or kettle jacketed over the part exposed to direct action of 
furnace ; L, condenser through which gases and vapors are carried 
and condensed, and subsequently either purified for illumination or 
utilized as fuel in the furnace ; //, pressure-gage. For regulating flow 
and discharging the rendered lard, various cocks are provided. 
There arc also a safety-valve (shown at the right of the figure), and a 
manhole at the top for charging and cleansing. 
while under treatment in the tank by steam- or fire-heat, 
and a condensing apparatus for cooling and condensing 
the vapors that arise from the tank, in order that they may 
be burned and destroyed. 
rendezvous (ren'de-vo or ron'da-v6), n. ; pi. 
rendezvous (formerly rendezvouses). [Formerly 
also rendcsrous, randevous, rendevous; < F. ren- 
des-vous, betake or assemble yourselves (at the 
place appointed), < rendez, 2d pers. pi. impv. of 
rendre, render, betake (see render?), + rous, 
you, yourself, yourselves, < L. yos, you, pi. of 
tit, thou.] 1. A place of meeting; a place at 
which persons (or things) commonly meet ; spe- 
cifically, a place appointed for the assembling 
of troops, or the place where they assemble; 
the port or place where ships are ordered to 
join company. 
Go, captain. . . . You know the rendezvous. 
Shak., Hamlet, iv. 4. 4. 
The Greyhound, the Greyhound in Blackfriars, an excel- 
lent rendezvous. Dekker and Webster, Westward Ho, ii. 3. 
The air is so vast and rich a rendezvous of innumerable 
seminal corpuscles. Boyle, Hidden Qualities of Air. 
To be sure it is extremely pleasant to have one's house 
made the motley rendezvous of all the lackeys of litera- 
ture the very high 'change of trading authors and jol>- 
bing critics! Sheridan, The Critic, i. 1. 
An inn, the free rendezvous of all travellers. 
Scott, Kenilworth, i. 
2. A meeting; a coming together; an associat- 
ing. [Rare.] 
There Time is every Wednesday, . . . perhaps, in mem- 
ory of the first occasions of their Rendezvouses. 
Bp. Sprat, Hist. Royal Soc., p. 93. 
The general place of rendezvous for all the servants, both 
in winter and summer, is the kitchen. 
Swift, Advice to Servants (General Directions). 
3. An appointment made between two or more 
persons for a meeting at a fixed place and 
time. 4f. A sign or occasion that draws men 
together. 
The philosopher's stone and a holy war are but the ren- 
dezvous of cracked brains. Bacon. 
5t. A refuge ; an asylum ; a retreat. 
A rendezvous, a home to fly unto. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., iv. 1. 57. 
Within a taverne ; whilst his coine did last 
Ther was his randevous. - 
Times' Whistle (E. E. T. S.), p. 65. 
If I happen, by some Accident, to be disappointed of 
that Allowance I am to subsist by, I must make my Ad- 
dress to you, for I have no other Rendezvous to flee unto. 
Howett, Letters, I. i. 2. 
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rendezvous (ren'de-vB or ron'da-vo). r. ; pret. 
and pp. ri'nilczrniixrd, ppr. fenaemousinff. [< 
rende;rnus, .] I. iiitrans. To assemble at a 
particular place, as troops. 
The rest that escaped marched towards the Thames, 
and with others rendezvoused upon Blackheath. 
Sir T. Herbert, Memoirs of King Charles I. 
Our new recruits are rendezvousing very generally. 
Jefferson, Correspondence, I. 183. 
II. trans. To assemble or bring together at 
a certain place. 
All men are to be rendezvoused in a general assembly. 
J. T. Phillips, Conferences of the Danish Missionaries 
[(trans. X 1719, p. 310. 
rendezvouser (ren'de-v6-er), n. One who 
makes a rendezvous; an associate. [Rare.] 
His Lordship retained such a veneration for the memory 
of his noble friend and patron Sir Jeofry Palmer that all 
the old reMeeiMusers with him were so with his lordship. 
Roger A'orth, Lord Guilford, I. 291. (Davies.) 
rendible 1 t (ren'di-bl), a. [< rendi + -ible; more 
prop, rendable.'] Capable of being rent or torn 
asunder. Imp. Diet. 
rendible 2 ! (ren'di-bl), a. [Prop, 'rendable, < 
OF. readable, < rendre, render: see render%.~\ 
1. Capable of being yielded or surrendered; 
renderable. 2. Capable of being translated. 
Every Language hath certain Idioms, Proverbs, peculiar 
Expressions of it's own, which are not rendiUe in any 
other, but paraphrastically. Howell, Letters, iii. 21. 
rendition (ren-dish'on), . [< F. rendition = 
Sp. rendition = Pg. (obs.) rendicQo = It. reddi- 
zione, < L. redditio(n-), a giving back, < reddere, 
ML. rendere, give back: see render 2 . Cf. red- 
dition.'] 1. The act of rendering or translat- 
ing; a rendering or giving the meaning of a 
word or passage ; translation. 
" Let us therefore lay aside every weight, and the sin that 
doth so easily beset us : " so we read the words of the apos- 
tle ; but St. Chrysostom's rendition of them is better. 
Jer. Taylor, Works, III. ii. 
2. The act of rendering up or yielding posses- 
sion; surrender. 
These two lords . . . were carried with him [the king] 
to Oxford, where they remained till the rendition of the 
place. Hutehinson, Memoirs, II. 133. 
3. The act of rendering or reproducing artisti- 
cally. [An objectionable use.] 
He [a painter] is contented to set himself delightful and 
not insoluble problems of rendition, and draws infinite 
pleasure from their resolution. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 664. 
rendle-balk (ren'dl-bak), . Same as randle- 
bar. 
rend-rock (rend'rok), n. [< rend 1 . r., + obj. 
roft 1 .] Same as litlinfracteur. 
rene 1 t, A Middle English form of reign. 
rene-t, n. and r. An obsolete form of rein 1. 
reneaguet, ' See renege. Slink. 
reneg, . An obsolete or dialectal form of re- 
nege. 
renegade (ren'e-gad). . [Also renegado; < Sp. 
Pg. renegado, a renegade: see reneyate.'} 1. 
An apostate from a religious faith. 
In the most flourishing days of Ottoman power the 
great mass of the holders of high office were renegades or 
sons of renegades ; the native Turk lay almost under a ban. 
E. A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 427. 
2. One who deserts to an enemy; one who 
deserts his party and joins another; a de- 
serter. 
He [Wentworth] abandoned his associates, and hated 
them ever after with the deadly hatred of a renegade. 
Macaulay, Nugent's Hampden. 
= Syn. 1. ffeophyte, Proselyte, etc. (see convert), backslider, 
turncoat. 2. Traitor, runaway. 
renegado (ren-e-ga'do), H. [< Sp. Pg. renegado : 
see renegade.'] Same as renegade. 
He was a Renegado. which is one that first was a Chris- 
tian, and afterwards becommeth a Turke. 
Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 186. 
Y'ou are first (I warrant) some Renegado from the Inns 
of Court and the Law ; and thou 'It come to suffer for't 
by the Law that is, be hang'd. 
Wycherley, Plain Dealer, ii. 1. 
renegate (ren'e-gat), i. and a. [< ME. renegat 
(= D. rencgaai = G. Sw. Dan. renegat), < OF. 
renegat, F. renegat (OF. vernacularly renie, 
renoie) = Pr. renegat = Sp. Pg. renegado = It. 
riiiegato, rinnegato, < ML. renegatvs, one who 
denies his religion, pp. of renegare, deny again, 
< L. re-, again, + negare, deny: see negate and 
renay, reny. Hence, by corruption, runagate.] 
I. n. A renegade; an apostate. [Now only 
prov. Bug.] 
How may this wayke womman han this strengthe 
Hire to defende ngayn this renegat? 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 835. 
II. a. Apostate; false; traitorous. 
renewability 
Here may all true Christian hearts see the wonderful! 
workes of God shewed vpon such infidels, blasphemers, 
. . . and renegate Christians. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 1H7. 
renegation (ren-e-ga'shpn), H. [< ML. *reni'(/ii- 
tio(n-), < renegare, pp. renegatiis, deny: see r<n<- 
</''.] Denial. [Rare.] 
The inexorable leader of the monkish party asserted that 
it was worse than the worst heresy, being absolute rene- 
gation of Christ. Miliinm 
renege (re-neg'), v. [Formerly also reneagnr, 
reneg, renig ; = F. reiiier = Pr. renegar, rem-jni- 
= Sp. Pg. renegar = It. rinegare, rinnegarc, 
deny, renounce: see reny, renay, renegate.] I.f 
trunx. To deny; disown; renounce. 
Shall I renege 1 made tnem then? 
Shall I denye my cunning founde? 
Mir. for Mags., I. 113. 
His captain's heart, 
Which in the scuffles of great tights hath burst 
The buckles on his breast, reneges all temper. 
Shalt., A. and C., i. 1. 8. 
II. intrang. If. To deny. 
Such smiling rogues as these . . . 
Renege, affirm, and turn their halcyon beaks 
With every gale and vary of their masters. 
Shak., Lear, ii. 2, 84. 
2. In card-playing, to play a card that is not of 
the suit led (as is allowable in some games) ; 
also, by extension, to revoke. Also renig. 
[U. S.] 
renegert (re-ne'ger), n. One who denies; a 
renegade. 
Their forefathers . . . were sometimes esteemed blest 
Reformers by most of these modem Kenegcrs, Separates, 
and Apostates. 
KI>. Gauden, Tears of the Church, p. 57. (Davies.) 
reneiet, r. See reny. 
renerve (re-nery'), r. t. [< re- + nerve, r.] To 
nerve again; give new vigor to. 
The sight re-nerved my courser's feet. 
Byron, Mazeppa, xvii. 
renes, . Plural of mi 3 . 
renew (re-nu' ), r. [< ME. renemen, renuen ; < rr- 
+ neic.r. Ct. renoratf.] I. trans. 1. To make 
new again; restore to former freshness, com- 
pleteness, or perfection ; revive ; make fresh 
or vigorous again ; restore to a former state, or 
to a good state after decay or impairment. 
Let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there. 
1 Sam. xi. 14. 
Thou renewest the face of the earth. Ps. civ. 30. 
Restore his years, renew him, like an eagle. 
/.'- Jonson, Alchemist, ii. 1. 
Thou wilt rencu" thy beauty mom by morn ; 
I earth in earth forget these empty courts. 
Tennyson, Tithonus. 
2. To make again : as, to renew a treaty or cove- 
nant ; to renew a promise ; to renew an attempt. 
They turne afresh, and oft renew their former threat. 
Spenser, V. Q., V. xi. 45. 
And [I have] endeavoui ed toreneiv a faint image of her 
several virtues and perfections upon your minds. 
Bp. Atterbury. Sermons, I. vi. 
3. To supply, equip, furnish, or fill again. 
Loke the cup of Wyne or ale be not empty, but ofte 
remied. Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), p. If!. 
Come, bumpers high, express your joy, 
The bowl we mnun renew it. 
Buna, Impromptu on Willie Stewart. 
4. To begin again; recommence. 
Either renew the fight, 
Or tear the lions out of England's coat. 
Shalt., 1 Hen. VI., i. 5. 27. 
Day light returning renu'd the conflict, 
Milton, Hist. Eng., vi. 
5. To go over again ; repeat ; iterate. 
Then gan he all this storie to renew. 
Spenser, F. Q., IV. viii. 64. 
The birds their notes reneic, and bleating herds 
Attest their joy. Milton, F. L., ii. 494. 
The lady renewed her excuses. Steele, Taller, No. 266. 
6. To grant or furnish again, as a new loan on 
a new note for the amount of a former one. 
7. In theol., to make new spiritually. See 
renovation, 2. 
Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. Eph. iv. 23. 
= Syn. 1. To reestablish, reconstitute, recreate, rebuild. 
fi. intraiis. 1. To become new; grow afresh. 
Renew I could not. like the moon. 
Shak., T. of A., iv. 3. 68. 
Their temples wreathed with leaves that still reneic. 
Dri/de. 
2. To begin again; cease to desist. 
Renew, renew ! The fierce Polydamas 
Hath beat down Menon. 
Shak., T. and C., v. \ 0. 
renewability (rf-nu-a-bil'i-ti), n. [< renewable 
+ -it;/ (see -biUiy)."] "The quality of being re- 
newable. 
