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[ verb ] to surrender someone or something to another

Examples

"the guard delivered the criminal to the police" "render up the prisoners" "render the town to the enemy" "fork over the money"

Used in print

(Jaroslav Pelikan, The Shape of Death: life, death and...)

Wherefore , as they became forfeit to death , from that [ moment ] they were handed_over to it '' .

(Frieda Arkin, "The Light of the Sea," in The...)

There was the day Uncle_Izaak had , in an unexpected grandiose gesture , handed_over the pretty sloop to Abel for_keeps , on_condition that he never fail to let his brother accompany him whenever the younger boy wished .

Related terms

pass bail give_away deliverer

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