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Webster 1913 Edition


Rendition

Ren-di′tion

(r?n-d?sh′?n)
,
Noun.
[LL.
rendere
to render: cf. L.
redditio
. See
Render
, and cf.
Reddition
.]
1.
The act of rendering; especially, the act of surrender, as of fugitives from justice, at the claim of a foreign government; also, surrender in war.
The rest of these brave men that suffered in cold blood after articles of
rendition
.
Evelyn.
2.
Translation; rendering; version.
This
rendition
of the word seems also most naturally to agree with the genuine meaning of some other words in the same verse.
South.

Webster 1828 Edition


Rendition

RENDI'TION

,
Noun.
[from render.]
1.
The act of yielding possession; surrender.
2.
Translation.