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Make, supply or apply plaster (6)

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I believe the answer is:

render

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I believe this is a quadruple definition!!

'make' is the first definition.
(rendering is a kind of making)

'supply' is the second definition.
(synonyms)

'or' acts as a link.

'apply' is the third definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'plaster' is the fourth definition.

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(Other definitions for render that I've seen before include "Cause to be" , "Substance applied to masonry walls" , "Melt fat or perform song" , "Hand over; plaster" , "Depict artistically" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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