Charge

chärj, v.t. to load, to put into, to fill ( with ): to load heavily, burden: to fill completely: to cause to receive electricity: to lay a task upon one, to enjoin, command: to deliver officially an injunction, as a judge to a jury, a bishop or archdeacon to his clergy, or a senior to a junior minister at a Presbyterian ordination: to bring an accusation against: to exact a sum of money from, to ask as the price.— v.i. to make an onset.— n. that which is laid on: cost or price: the load of powder, ., for a gun: attack or onset: care, custody: the object of care, esp. a minister of religion's flock or parish: an accumulation of electricity in a Leyden jar: command: exhortation: accusation: ( pl. ) expenses.— adj. Charge′able , liable to be charged, imputable: blamable: ( B. ) burdensome.— n. Charge′ablene .— adv. Charge′ably .— adj. Charge′ful ( Shak. ), expensive.— n. Charge′-house ( Shak. ), a common school where a fee was charged, in distinction to a free-school.— adj. Charge′le .— n. Charg′er , a flat dish capable of holding a large joint, a platter: a war-horse.— Give in charge , to hand over to the police. [Fr. charger —Low L. carricāre , to load—L. carr us , a wagon. See Car , Cargo .]