charge vb. (various senses occur; the foll. are the less freq.)
1.
to load, burden (fig.) H5 I. ii. 15, 283,
Cæs. III. iii. 2
“things unlucky charge
my fantasy,”
Mac. V. i. 59
“The heart is sorely
charged”
; to saddle with expense Wiv. II. ii. 173.
2.
to call upon to give
answer
Mer.V. V. i. 298
“charge us there upon
inter'gatories,”
John III. i. 151
“To charge me to an
answer.”
3.
to level (as a
weapon) Ado V. i. 139,
LLL. V. ii. 88
“they That charge their
breath against us.”
