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Charge (chärj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charged (chärjd); p. pr. & vb. n. Charging.] [OF. chargier, F. charger, fr. LL. carricare, fr. L. carrus wagon. Cf. Cargo, Caricature, Cark, and see Car.]
1. To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
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A carte that charged was with hay. Chaucer.
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The charging of children's memories with rules. Locke.
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2. 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”.
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Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God. Josh. xxii. 5.
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Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. Shak.
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3. To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.
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When land shall be charged by any lien. Kent.
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4. To fix or demand as a price; as, “he charges two dollars a barrel for apples”.
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5. 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”.
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6. To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge.
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No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime
On native sloth and negligence of time. Dryden.
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7. 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.
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If he did that wrong you charge him with. Tennyson.
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8. 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.”
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Their battering cannon charged to the mouths. Shak.
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9. To ornament with or cause to bear; as, “to charge an architectural member with a molding”.
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10. (Her.) 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”.
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11. To call to account; to challenge. [Obs.]
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To charge me to an answer. Shak.
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12. To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.
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Charged our main battle's front. Shak.
Syn. -- To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach; arraign. See Accuse.
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