11. To call to account; to challenge. [Obs.] To charge me to an answer. Shak.
12. To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack. Charged our main battle's front. Shak.
Syn.
— To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach; arraign.
See Accuse.
CHARGE
Charge, v. i.
1. To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets. Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron. Glanvill. "Charge for the guns!" he said. Tennyson.
2. To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.
3. To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.
4. To squat on its belly and be still; — a command given by a sportsman to a dog.
CHARGE Charge, n. Etym: [F. charge, fr. charger to load. See Charge, v. t., and cf. Cargo, Caricature.]
1. A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.