charge
Cross references:
1. command
1. charge \'cha:rj\ vb [ME chargen, fr. OF chargier, fr. LL carricare, fr.
L carr]us wheeled vehicle - more at CAR archaic 1a: to lay or put a load
on or in : LOAD 1b1: to place a charge (as of powder) in 1b2: to load or
fill to capacity 1c1: to restore the active materials in (a storage
battery) by the passage of a direct current through in the opposite
direction to that of discharge 1c2: to give an electric charge to 1d1: to
assume as a heraldic bearing 1d2: to place a heraldic bearing on 1e: to
fill full 2a: to impose a task or responsibility on 2b: to command,
instruct, or exhort with right or authority of a judge 2c: to give a
charge to (a jury) 3a: ACCUSE, BLAME 3b: to impute blame or guilt for
4a: to bring (a weapon) into position for attack : LEVEL {~R a lance} 4b:
to rush against or bear down upon : ATTACK 5a1: to impose a pecuniary
burden on {~ his estate with debts incu rred} 5a2: to impose or record as a
pecuniary obligation {~ debts to an estate} 5b1: to fix or ask as fee or
payment 5b2: to ask payment of (a person) {~ a student $50 for meals} 1:
to rush forward in assault : ATTACK 2: to ask or set a price
2. charge n obs 1a: a material load or weight 1b: a figure borne on a
heraldic field 2a: the quantity that an apparatus is intended to receive
and fitted to hold 2b: a store or accumulation of force 2c: a definite
quantity of electricity slang 2d: THRILL, KICK 3a: OBLIGATION,
REQUIREMENT 3b: MANAGEMENT, SUPERVISION 3c: the ecclesiastical
jurisdiction (as a parish) committed to a clergyman 3d: a person or thing
committed to the care of another 4a: INSTRUCTION, COMMAND 4b: instruction
in points of law given by a court to a jury 5a: EXPENSE, COST 5b: PRICE
5c: a debit to an account 6a: ACCUSATION, INDICTMENT 6b: a complaint of
error, failure, or wrong 7: ATTACK, ASSAULT
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