- OF. chargier, F. charger, fr. LL. carricare, fr. L. carrus wagon. Cf. CargoCaricatureCark, and see Car
- To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.A carte that charged was with hay.The charging of children's memories with rules.
- 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.Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God.Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition.
- To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.When land shall be charged by any lien.
- 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.No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime On native sloth and negligence of time.
- 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.If he did that wrong you charge him with.
- 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.Their battering cannon charged to the mouths.
- To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding.
- HerTo 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.ObsTo charge me to an answer.
- To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.Charged our main battle's front.To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach; arraign. See Accuse.
