Part 1807

<blockquote>When land shal be <b>charged</b> by any lien. <i>Kent.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To fix or demand as a prince; <as>as, he <ex>charges</ex> two dollars a barrelk for apples</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as to <i>charge</i> one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; <as>as, to <ex>charge</ex> a sum to one</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge.</def>

<blockquote>No more accuse thy pen, but <b>charge</b> the crime On native loth and negligence of time. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against <sd>(a)</sd> person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of.</def>

<blockquote>If the did that wrong you <b>charge</b> with. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>charge</ex> a gun; to <ex>charge</ex> an electrical machine, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>Their battering cannon <b>charged</b> to the mouths. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>To ornament with or cause to bear; <as>as, to <ex>charge</ex> an architectural member with a molding</as>.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>To assume as a bearing; <as>as, he <ex>charges</ex> three roses or</as>; to add to or represent on; <as>as, he <ex>charges</ex> his shield with three roses or</as>.</def>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>To call to account; to challenge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>To <b>charge</b> me to an answer. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.</def>

<blockquote><b>Charged</b> our main battle's front. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach; arraign. See <er>Accuse</er>.</syn>

<h1>Charge</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Charge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To make an onset or rush; <as>as, to <ex>charge</ex> with fixed bayonets</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Like your heroes of antiquity, he <b>charges</b> in iron. <i>Glanvill.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>"<b>Charge</b> for the guns!" he said. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To demand a price; <as>as, to <ex>charge</ex> high for goods</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To debit on an account; <as>as, to <ex>charge</ex> for purchases</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.</def>

<h1>Charge</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Charge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>charge</ets>, fr. <ets>charger</ets> to load. See <er>Charge</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, and cf. <er>Cargo</er>, <er>Caricature</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust.</def>

<note>&hand; The people of a parish or church are called the <i>charge</i> of the clergyman who is set over them.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty.</def>