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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Charge \Charge\, n. [F. charge, fr charger to load. See {Charge}, v. t., and cf {Cargo}, {Caricature}.] 1. A load or burder laid upon a person or thing 2. A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care custody, or management of another; a trust. Note: The people of a parish or church are called the charge of the clergyman who is set over them 3. Custody or care of any person, thing or place office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty. 'Tis a great charge to come under one body's hand. --Shak. 4. Heed; care anxiety; trouble. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 5. Harm. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 6. An order a mandate or command; an injunction. The king gave cherge concerning Absalom. --2. Sam. xviii. 5. 7. 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. 8. An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged. The charge of confounding very different classes of phenomena. --Whewell. 9. Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural. 10. The price demanded for a thing or service. 11. 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. 12. 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 13. 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. Never in any other war afore, gave the Romans a hotter charge upon the enemies. --Holland. The charge of the light brigade. --Tennyson. 14. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as to bring a weapon to the charge. 15. (Far.) A soft of plaster or ointment. 16. (Her.) A bearing. See {Bearing}, n., 8. 17. [Cf. {Charre}.] Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also {charre}. 18. Weight; import; value. Many suchlike ``as's'' of great charge. --Shak. {Back charge}. See under {Back}, a. {Bursting charge}. (a (Mil.) The charge which bursts a shell, etc (b (Mining) A small quantity of fine powder to secure the ignition of a charge of coarse powder in blasting. {Charge and discharge} (Equity Practice), the old mode or form of taking an account before a master in chancery. {Charge sheet}, the paper on which are entered at a police station all arrests and accusations. {To sound the charge}, to give the signal for an attack. Syn: Care custody; trust; management; office; expense; cost; price; assault; attack; onset; injunction; command; order mandate; instruction; accusation; indictment. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Charge \Charge\, 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. A carte that charged was with hay. --Chaucer. The charging of children's memories with rules --Locke. 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. Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God. --Josh. xxii. 5. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. --Shak. 3. To lay on impose, or make subject to or liable for When land shall be charged by any lien. --Kent. 4. To fix or demand as a price; as he charges two dollars a barrel for apples. 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 6. 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. --Dryden. 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 If he did that wrong you charge him with --Tennyson. 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 Their battering cannon charged to the mouths. --Shak. 9. To ornament with or cause to bear; as to charge an architectural member with a molding. 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 11. To call to account; to challenge. [Obs.] To charge me to an answer. --Shak. 12. To bear down upon to rush upon to attack. Charged our main battle's front. --Shak. Syn: To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach; arraign. See {Accuse}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Charge \Charge\, v. i. 1. To make an onset or rush; as to charge with fixed bayonets. Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron. --Glanvill. ``Charge for the guns!'' he said --Tennyson. 2. To demand a price; as to charge high for goods. 3. To debit on an account; as to charge for purchases. 4. To squat on its belly and be still -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: charge n 1: a impetuous rush toward someone or something "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge" 2: (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense; "he was arrested on a charge of larceny" [syn: {complaint}] 3: the price charged for some article or service; "the admission charge" 4: the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body; "the battery needed a fresh charge" [syn: {electric charge}] 5: attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is under the care of a physician" [syn: {care}, {tutelage}, {guardianship}] 6: a task that has been assigned to a person or group "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message" [syn: {mission}, {commission}] 7: a person committed to your care "the teacher led her charges across the street" 8: a financial liability (such as a tax); "the charges against the estate" 9: (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge" [syn: {cathexis}] 10: the release of a store of affective force; "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a rush!"; "he does it for kicks" [syn: {bang}, {rush}, {flush}, {thrill}, {kick}] 11: request for payment of a debt; "they submitted their charges at the end of each month" [syn: {billing}] 12: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something "the judge's charge to the jury" [syn: {commission}, {direction}] 13: an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving" [syn: {accusation}] 14: a design or image depicted on a shield [syn: {bearing}, {heraldic bearing}, {armorial bearing}] 15: a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time; "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains" [syn: {burster}, {bursting charge}, {explosive charge}] v 1: to make a rush at or sudden attack upon as in battle: "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork." [syn: {bear down}] 2: blame for make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against: "he charged me director with indifference" [syn: {accuse}] 3: demand payment; "Will I get charged for this service?" "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although e stayed only 3 nights" [syn: {bill}] 4: move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office" [syn: {tear}, {shoot}, {shoot down}, {buck}] 5: assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" [syn: {appoint}] 6: file a formal charge against; "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife" [syn: {lodge}, {file}] 7: make an accusatory claim; "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased" 8: load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay" [ant: {discharge}] 9: enter a certain amount as a charge; "he charged me $15" 10: cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution; "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison" [syn: {commit}, {institutionalize}, {send}] 11: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage" [syn: {consign}] 12: pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt; "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?" [ant: {pay cash}] 13: lie down on command, of hunting dogs 14: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" [syn: {agitate}, {rouse}, {commove}, {excite}, {charge up}] [ant: {calm}] 15: place a heraldic bearing on of weapons, shields, and banners 16: provide with munition "He loaded his gun carefully" [syn: {load}] 17: direct into a position for use "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" [syn: {level}, {point}] 18: impose a task upon assign a responsibility to "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend" [syn: {saddle}, {burden}] 19: instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence 20: instruct or command with authority; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem" 21: attribute responsibility to "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience" [syn: {blame}] 22: set or ask for a certain price; "How much do you charge for lunch?" "This fellow charges $100 for a massage" 23: cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on (a conductor, for example) 24: energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery" 25: saturate; "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"
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