Significations et usages de rend

rendre (v.)

chuck, deliver, give in, restore, give back, render, return, yield to, submit o.s. to, submit to, surrender to, surrender, give up, bring up, spew up, vomit, vomit up, purge, cast, sick, cat, be sick, disgorge, regorge, retch, puke, barf, spew, spue, upchuck, honk, regurgitate, throw up, make, get, hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, turn over, drive, restitute, pass, bring in, repair, resort

rendre ()

restitute, make restitution, refund, return, repay, give back

rendre acquéreur (v.) (se+V de+comp)

acquire, come by, gain, get, get o.s., obtain, procure

rendre aveugle (v.)

blind, dim

rendre cinglé (v.) (V+qqn;familier)

besot, drive crazy, drive mad, drive up the wall  (colloquial), send up the wall  (colloquial), stupefy

rendre clair (v.)

bring home

rendre compte (v.)

appreciate, realise  (British), realize

rendre compte (v.) (V+de+comp)

account

rendre compte (v.) (se+V de+comp)

appreciate, realise  (British), realize

rendre coupable (v.)

be guilty of

rendre coupable (v.) (se+V de+comp)

be guilty of

rendre dingue (v.) (familier)

besot, drive crazy, drive mad, drive up the wall  (colloquial), send up the wall  (colloquial), stupefy

rendre enceinte (v.)

bang up, impregnate, knock up, prang up

rendre enceinte (v.) (V+qqn)

make pregnant

rendre fou (v.)

madden

rendre fou (v.) (V+qqn)

besot, drive crazy, drive mad, drive up the wall  (colloquial), send up the wall  (colloquial), stupefy

rendre furieux (v.)

anger, enrage, exasperate, incense, infuriate

rendre gloire (v.) (V+à+qqn)

extol

rendre gorge (v.) (PejArgPop;V;vieux)

barf  (colloquial;American), be sick, bring up, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke  (colloquial), purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew  (colloquial), spew up  (colloquial), spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up

rendre grosse (v.) (V+qqn)

make pregnant

rendre hommage (v.)

dignify, ennoble, honor, honour, reward

rendre hommage (v.) (V+à+qqn)

bring honor to  (American), bring honour to  (British), do homage to, honor  (American), honour  (British), pay homage to, pay tribute to, show honor to  (American), show honour to  (British)

rendre hommage à (v.)

give, render

rendre impossible (v.)

make impossible

rendre l'âme (v.)

buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, drop dead, expire, give up the ghost, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pop off, snuff it

rendre l'esprit (v.) (V+à+comp)

become extinct, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak  (colloquial;U.S.A.), decease  (jurisprudence), depart this life, die, die out, drop dead, exit, expire  (literary), give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, pass on, perish, pop off, snuff it  (colloquial)

rendre la justice (v.) (V)

administer justice

rendre la liberté (v.) (V+à+qqn)

release, turn loose

rendre la monnaie de sa pièce (v.) (V+à+qqn;familier)

give as good as one gets, pay back in his own coin

rendre la pareille (v.)

reciprocate, retaliate

rendre le dernier soupir (v.) (V)

breathe one's last

rendre maître (v.) (figuré)

get hold of, take possession of

rendre maître (v.) (se+V de+comp;figuré)

get hold of, take possession of

rendre malade (v.)

sicken

rendre meilleur (v.)

ameliorate, amend, better, boost, elevate, enhance, ennoble, improve, improve on, meliorate, refine, upgrade, uplift

rendre mince (v.)

thin, thin out

rendre moins sévère (v.)

make less severe, make less strict, relax

rendre moins strict (v.)

make less severe, make less strict, relax

rendre mûr (v.)

mature, ripen

rendre nécessaire (v.)

ask, call for, demand, in need of, involve, make necessary, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take, want

rendre nerveux (v.)

fluster

rendre perceptible (v.)

cause to be perceived

rendre plus agréable (v.)

sweeten

rendre plus haut (v.)

heighten

rendre populaire (v.)

ingratiate

rendre possible (v.) (V+comp)

make possible

rendre professionnel (v.) (V+comp)

depersonalise, depersonalize, make businesslike, make professional, objectify, professionalise  (British), professionalize

rendre public (v.)

air, bare, free, publicise, publicize, publish, release

rendre public (v.) (V+comp)

broadcast, make public, publicise  (British), publicize, publish

rendre pure (v.)

distill, make pure, purify, sublimate

rendre responsable (v.)

blame

rendre service (v.)

accommodate, oblige

rendre service (v.) (V+à+qqn)

be of use, do a favour, do a good turn, do a service

rendre son dernier souffle (v.) (V)

breathe one's last

rendre son tablier (v.) (V+à+qqn;familier)

hand in one's notice, hand in one's resignation, leave one's job, quit one's job, resign one's position, resign one's post, retire, stand down, step down, step down from office, tender one's resignation, vacate an office

rendre stérile (v.)

desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, make sterile, spay, sterilise, sterilize, unsex

rendre tripes et boyaux (v.) (V;populaire)

barf  (colloquial;American), be sick, bring up, cast, cat, chuck, disgorge, honk, puke  (colloquial), purge, regorge, regurgitate, retch, sick, spew  (colloquial), spew up  (colloquial), spue, throw up, upchuck, vomit, vomit up

rendre un coup (v.)

hit back, retaliate, strike back

rendre un jugement (v.) (V+sur+comp)

give judgement, pass judgement, pronounce sentence

rendre un verdict (v.) (V)

give a verdict, give judgement, pass judgement, pronounce a verdict, pronounce sentence

rendre une visite (v.) (V+à+qqn)

pay a visit, pay a visit to, return s.o.'s visit, return the visit

rendre vieux (v.)

age

rendre visite (v.)

visit

rendre visite (v.) (V+à+comp)

pay a visit, pay a visit to, return s.o.'s visit, return the visit

se rendre (v.)

attend, cede, deliver, give in, give up, go to, surrender