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encharge

encharge verb: to give to somebody as a charge; to entrust with a duty or task.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To 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 with1806, Francis Jeffrey, “Memoirs of Cumberland”, in The Edinburgh Review April 1806

Forms of encharge

third-person singular presentencharges
present participleencharging
past participleencharged
pastencharged

Origin of encharge

Old French enchargier.

Questions about encharge

What does encharge mean?
Encharge means to give to somebody as a charge; to entrust with a duty or task.
What part of speech is encharge?
Encharge is a verb.
What is the past tense of encharge?
The past tense of encharge is encharged.

Words near encharge in the dictionary

  1. enchantour
  2. enchantours
  3. enchantress
  4. enchantresses
  5. enchants
  6. encharge
  7. encharged
  8. encharges
  9. encharging
  10. encharm
  11. encharmed

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