| Charge (charge) |
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| v. t. | (chärj) |
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| Charge |
| [imp. *** p. p. Charged (chä]rjd);
p. pr. *** vb. n. Charging.] [OF.
chargier, F. charger, fr. LL. carricare, fr.
L. carrus wagon. Cf. Cargo, Caricature |
To lay
on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden] to load; to
fill.
To lay on or impose, as a task, duty,
or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to
enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to
charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an
agent.
To lay on, impose, or make subject to
or liable for.
To fix or demand as a price; as, he
charges two dollars a barrel for apples.
To place something to the account of
as a debt; to debit, as, to charge one with goods. Also,
to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge
a sum to one.
To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's
charge.
To accuse; to make a charge or
assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility
(for something said or done) at the door of.
To place within or upon any firearm,
piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and
fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a
gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc.
To ornament with or cause to bear; as,
to charge an architectural member with a
molding.
To assume as a bearing;
as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on;
as, he charges his shield with three roses or.
To call to account; to
challenge.
To bear down upon; to rush upon; to
attack.
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| Charge (charge) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Charge |
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To make an onset or rush; as, to
charge with fixed bayonets.
To demand a price; as, to
charge high for goods.
To debit on an account; as, to
charge for purchases.
To squat on its belly and be still; --
a command given by a sportsman to a dog.
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| Charge (charge) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Charge |
| [F. charge,
fr. charger to load. See Charge, v.
t., and cf. Cargo, Caricature.] |
A load or burder laid upon a person or
thing.
A person or thing commited or
intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a
trust.
Custody or care of any person, thing,
or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation;
duty.
Heed; care; anxiety; trouble.
Harm.
An order; a mandate or command; an
injunction.
An address (esp. an earnest or
impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation; as,
the charge of a judge to a jury; the charge of a
bishop to his clergy.
An accusation of a wrong of offense;
allegation; indictment; specification of something
alleged.
Whatever constitutes a burden on
property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred;
-- usually in the plural.
The price demanded for a thing or
service.
An entry or a account of that which
is due from one party to another; that which is debited in a
business transaction; as, a charge in an account
book.
That quantity, as of ammunition,
electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun,
battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and
fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time
The act of rushing upon, or towards,
an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry;
hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the
charge.
A position (of a weapon) fitted for
attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.
A sort of plaster or
ointment.
A bearing. See
Bearing, n., 8.
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