charge

v. i. 1. To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

“Charge for the guns!” he said. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Charged 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

A carte that charged was with hay. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The charging of children's memories with rules. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God. Josh. xxii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for. [ 1913 Webster ]

When land shall be charged by any lien. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime
On native sloth and negligence of time. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

If he did that wrong you charge him with. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their battering cannon charged to the mouths. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. To call to account; to challenge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To charge me to an answer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack. [ 1913 Webster ]

Charged our main battle's front. Shak.

Syn. -- To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach; arraign. See Accuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome. [ 1913 Webster ]

That we might not be chargeable to any of you. 2. Thess. iii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the sculptures, which are elegant, were very chargeable. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being chargeable or expensive. [ Obs. ] Whitelocke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. At great cost; expensively. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. chargeant, fr. charger to load. ] Burdensome; troublesome. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Chargés d'affaires. [ F., “charged with affairs.” ] A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Costly; expensive. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The fineness of the gold and chargeful fashion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]