CPage 211
- English Word Charge Definition 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.
- English Word Charge Definition To call to account; to challenge.
- English Word Charge Definition To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.
- English Word Charge Definition To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.
- English Word Charge Definition To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.
- English Word Charge Definition To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.
- English Word Charge Definition To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.
- English Word Charge Definition A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.
- English Word Charge Definition A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust.
- English Word Charge Definition Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty.
- English Word Charge Definition Heed; care; anxiety; trouble.
- English Word Charge Definition Harm.
- English Word Charge Definition An order; a mandate or command; an injunction.
- English Word Charge Definition 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.
- English Word Charge Definition An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged.
- English Word Charge Definition Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural.
- English Word Charge Definition The price demanded for a thing or service.
- English Word Charge Definition 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.
- English Word Charge Definition 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
- English Word Charge Definition 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.