'Charging' definitions:
Definition of 'Charging'
From: GCIDE
- Charge \Charge\ (ch[aum]rj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charged (ch[aum]rjd); 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. [1913 Webster]
- A carte that charged was with hay. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The charging of children's memories with rules. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God. --Josh. xxii. 5. [1913 Webster]
- Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for. [1913 Webster]
- When land shall be charged by any lien. --Kent. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge. [1913 Webster]
- No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime On native sloth and negligence of time. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- If he did that wrong you charge him with. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Their battering cannon charged to the mouths. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 9. To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 11. To call to account; to challenge. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To charge me to an answer. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 12. To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack. [1913 Webster]
- Charged our main battle's front. --Shak.
- Syn: To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach; arraign. See Accuse. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Charging'
- Charge,
- Charged,
- Chargeful,
- charge in,
- charge off,
- charge up,
- in charge,
- Back charge,
- Back charges,
- Bursting charge,
- Charge and discharge,
- Charge sheet,
- Floating charge,
- Free charge,
- Landing charges,
- Negatively charged,
- Port charges,
- Positively charged,
- Proof charge,
- Rent charge,
- To sound the charge,
- admission charge,
- banzai charge,
- bring charges,
- carrying charge,
- charge account,
- charge card,
- charge of quarters,
- charge plate,
- charge unit,
- conservation of charge,
- cover charge,
- depreciation charge,
- depth charge,
- electric charge,
- electrical charge,
- electrostatic charge,
- explosive charge,
- fixed charge,
- free of charge,
- handling charge,
- installation charge,
- ionic charge,
- murder charge,
- negative charge,
- positive charge,
- prefer charges,
- press charges,
- service charge,
- take charge,
- take in charge,
- Double-charge,
- Sleep-charged,
- To fasten a charge upon,
- charge account credit,
- charge d'affaires,
- charge per unit,
- drop-off charge,
- revolving charge account,
- Charg'e d'affaires,
- Charg'es d'affaires,
- charge-exchange accelerator