encharge

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verb

To give to somebody as a charge; to entrust with a duty or task.

OriginOld French enchargier →
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Meanings

verbencharge (third-person singular simple present encharges, present participle encharging, simple past and past participle encharged)

present singular third person encharges · participle present encharging · participle past encharged · past encharged

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo give to somebody as a charge; to entrust with a duty or task.

    he had the art of setting them express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with

    1806, Francis Jeffrey, “Memoirs of Cumberland”, in The Edinburgh Review April 1806

Origin

  1. Old Frenchenchargier
  2. Englishencharge

Old French enchargier.

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APA

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Chicago

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