render worthless

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• render — ren‧der [ˈrendə ǁ ər] verb [transitive] formal 1. to cause something to change in a particular way: • He was denied building permission for his property, effectively rendering it worthless. • In some cases, companies were rendered insolvent when… …   Financial and business terms

• render — [[t]re̱ndə(r)[/t]] renders, rendering, rendered 1) VERB You can use render with an adjective that describes a particular state to say that someone or something is changed into that state. For example, if someone or something makes a thing… …   English dictionary

• worthless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, prove, seem ▪ become ▪ make sth, render sth ▪ These contradictions made his evidence …   Collocations dictionary

• ídlian — ídlian1 wv/t2 to become empty or useless, to be or become empty, be unoccupied; profane sacred things, to render worthless; to become vain or idle, come to naught, to make vain or empty, render nugatory …   Old to modern English dictionary

• Sophisticate — So*phis ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sophisticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sophisticating}.] [LL. sophisticatus, p. p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.] To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to sophisticate wine …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sophisticated — Sophisticate So*phis ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sophisticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sophisticating}.] [LL. sophisticatus, p. p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.] To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sophisticating — Sophisticate So*phis ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sophisticated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sophisticating}.] [LL. sophisticatus, p. p. of sophisticare to sophisticate.] To render worthless by admixture; to adulterate; to damage; to pervert; as, to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• cheapen — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. ruin, spoil, debase, mar, degrade, devalue, undervalue, reduce, diminish, demean, depreciate, render worthless; see also corrupt 1 , damage 1 , depreciate 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. depreciate, degrade, lower,… …   English dictionary for students

• awarp — v. a. == cast away, render worthless. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 210. AS. awerpan …   Oldest English Words

• cheapen — [v] diminish worth abase, beat down, belittle, corrupt, damage, debase, decline, decry, degrade, demean, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, devalue, discredit, disparage, downgrade, drop, fall, lose value, lower, mar, mark down, minimize, reduce,… …   New thesaurus

• finish — [fin′ish] vt. [ME finishen < extended stem of OFr finir < L finire, to end < finis, an end, limit, orig., boundary (post), something fixed in the ground < IE base * dhīgw , to stick in > DIKE1, L figere, FIX] 1. a) to bring to an… …   English World dictionary