Explain and Render

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Explain verb - To make plain or understandable.

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Render is a synonym for explain in resolve topic. In some cases you can use "Render" instead a verb "Explain", when it comes to topics like make clear, paraphrase, rephrase.

Render verb - To give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

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Explain is a synonym for render in resolve topic. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Render", if it concerns topics such as paraphrase, translate, rephrase.

Nearby Words: rend, rendered, rendering, rendition, rending

ability	explain ability	render ability
part	explain part	render part
name	explain name	render name
plot	explain plot	render plot
Other words: way, characters, hair, events, powers.

Which doesn't explain how his soul shows up in Hell and is beheaded by a sword that is supposed to render the victim unable to return to the living.

Source: He's Just Hiding
Also used as a trope to explain a Gambit Roulette.It is an event of such a ridiculous number of contrived coincidences that result in a Rude-Goldberg-esque sequence of events that describing it would render it completely unbelievable.

Source: Creator / Shadow Crystal Mage

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