rendre — meaning in English
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English meaning
- capitulate verb To stop resisting and agree to the other side's terms; to surrender.
- drive verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
- make verb To create, produce, or build something.
- render verb To cause something to become a certain way.
- restore verb To bring something back to its former, usually better, condition.
- return verb To come or go back to a place, or to give something back to its owner.
- surrender verb To stop fighting or resisting and give oneself up to an opponent.
Senses
rendre is used for these senses in English:
- capitulate (intransitive, originally only in military setting) To surrender on stipulated terms, end all resistance, give up, go along with or comply. [from the end of the 17th c.]
- drive (transitive) To carry or to keep in motion; to conduct; to prosecute.
- give back (archaic) To recede; to retreat.
- hand in (transitive) To give something to a responsible person.
- make (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
- pay back (figuratively) To avenge, to exact revenge.
- render (ditransitive) To cause to become.
- restore (transitive) To give or bring back (that which has been lost or taken); to bring back to the owner; to replace.
drive — full definition
- verb To operate and steer a motor vehicle.
- verb To motivate, push, or compel someone or something toward an outcome.
- noun A journey made in a vehicle.
- noun Strong motivation or determination to achieve something.
- noun A device used to store and retrieve computer data.