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One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.

An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff.

To give in charge; to commit; to intrust. Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, Consigned the youthful consort to his care. Pope. The four evangelists consigned to writing that history. Addison.

One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness. Abbott.

Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convective discharge of electricity. Faraday.

To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience. He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury. Macaulay. They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. John viii. 9.

ourt. -- Certified or Office copies, those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially. Abbot.

A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge. Corbie crow, the carrion crow. [Scot.]

The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.

try. He places and relieves sentinels. Corporal's guard, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons. -- Lance corporal, an assistant corporal on private's pay. Farrow. -- Ship's corporal (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the master…

The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefitt. One day shall crown the alliance on 't so please you, Here at my house, and at my proper cost. Shak. At less cost of life th…

The law that the force exerted between two electric or magnetic charges is directly proportional to the product of the charges and inversely to the square of the distance between them.

intiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution. Wharton.

link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join. Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . . . And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach. Shak.

A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger. [Poetic.] Pope.

s or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with such duty. [Eng.] Edwards. -- Court day, a day on which a court sits to administer justice. -- Court dress, the dress prescribed for appearance at the court of a sovereign. -- Court fool, a buffoon or jester, forme…

Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses. [R.]

The noise produced bu a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels.

To accuse of, or charge with, a crime. To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament. Burke.

The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint. The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties. Macaulay.