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rendition|rɛnˈdɪʃən|
[a. obs. F. rendition (= Sp. rendicion), f. rendre to render.]
1. a. The surrender of a place, garrison, possession, etc. (Common in 17th c.)
1601Queen Elizabeth in Moryson Itin. (1617) ii. 200 We receiued (with much contentment) the newes of the rendition of Kinsale. 1675G. Towerson Decalogue 267 Where the Throne becomes empty, as it is by the Rendition of those that before sate in it. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. II. 703 After the rendition of Oxford to the Parliament forces, he lived for some time in the Middle Temple. 1711Fingall MSS. in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 169 To freighten..that puissant garrison to a rendition. 1826Scott Mal. Malagr. i, Not in right of conquest, or rendition. 1894Athenæum 26 May 678/1 He then discusses..the rendition of Mysore.
fig.1682J. Flavel Fear 54 Fear..treats with the tempter about terms of rendition.
b. The surrender of a person.
1649Milton Eikon. Wks. 1851 III. 367 His rendition afterward to the Scotch Army. 1670Temple Let. Wks. 1731 II. 212 Their Answer was, That there was no need of distinguishing the Renditions of the Colony. 1860S. Eliot in Encycl. Brit. (ed. 8) XXI. 442/2 The rendition of fugitive slaves by the Northern States. 1864Sala in Daily Tel. 13 Sept., Mr. Seward can scarcely place any obstacles in the way of the rendition of this man.
†c. The giving up or back of something; return, restoration. Obs.
1652Kirkman Clerio & Lozia 148 She lost her speech, which love soon made rendition of unto her. 1666J. Smith Old Age 46 They have assigned unto it [memory] three operations, viz. Reception, Retention, and Rendition.
2. Translation, rendering. Now U.S.
1659Pearson Creed (1839) 231 It is..acknowledged that the most ancient interpreters were divided in their renditions. a1716South Serm. (1744) VII. 27 The Jews..charge Paul as a perverter of the prophet's meaning, in a false rendition of the sense of the place. 1858in Bartlett Dict. Amer. (1859) 360 The closest possible rendition of the meaning of the original text of the Scriptures into English. 1875Stedman Victorian Poets 275, I will not omit mention of Calverley's complete rendition of Theocritus.
3. a. orig. U.S. The action of rendering, giving out or forth, acting, performing, etc.
1858in Bartlett Dict. Amer. (1859) 360 On the rendition of the verdict, the large audience present manifested enthusiastic approbation. 1877H. H. Furness Hamlet I. Pref. 14 In their rendition of Hamlet by the Messrs. Devrient. 1880L. Wallace Ben-Hur (1887) 266 When he spoke, the account seemed to have rendition from both of them jointly. 1922Joyce Ulysses 237 Ben Dollard does sing that ballad touchingly. Masterly rendition. 1939N. Monsarrat This is Schoolroom iii. xvii. 385 No account of twentieth-century culture would be complete without reference to the impact of the dance-band world..as well as strange words and phrases like ‘rendition’. 1975Radio Times 3 Apr. 17/1 It's comedian Roy Hudd, strumming the strings..with a rendition of ‘Auntie Maggie's Remedy’.
b. Visual representation of anything.
1959E. Pulgram Introd. Spectrography of Speech xiii. 89, I chose a sustained sound... The sketch of Fig. 11 is a complete and exact spectrographic rendition of it. 1972Sci. Amer. Nov. 45/2 (Advt.), If you are interested in additional dimensions of photo-optical performance—rendition of corners,..stray-light shielding—this chart..may provide the detailed answer. 1978Amateur Photographer 2 Aug. 109/2 A polarising filter may be used to darken skies without affecting the rendition of foreground detail.
4. U.S. The amount produced or rendered; the yield (of silk).
1889in Funk's Stand. Dict. |