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unˈcharge, v. Now rare.
[un-2 3.]
1. a. trans. To free from a charge or burden.
1303R. Brunne Handl. Synne 11942 But yn euery tyme þat þou shryuest þe, Of pyne shalt þou vncharged be. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 338 For charite with-oute chalengynge vnchargeth þe soule. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. xlvii. (1869) 94 So miche we dide, she and j, þat þe contracte was ouerthrowe from me, and j vncharged.
absol.1340Ayenb. 97 Þe oþere [law] chargeþ: and þis onchargeþ.
b. To acquit of guilt.
1602Shakes. Ham. iv. vii. 68 Euen his Mother shall vncharge the practice, And call it accident.
2. To unload; to discharge (a vessel).
13..Coer de L. 2584 The drowmound..was drownyd in the flood, Ar halff unchargyd wer that good. 13..Propr. Sanct. (Vernon MS.) in Herrig Archiv LXXXI. 312/171 A beest þat charged is In plaas Mai not passe þorwh narwh paas Til he vncharged be þat tide. 1388Wyclif Acts xxi. 3 We..seiliden in to Sirie, and camen to Tire. For there the schip schulde be vnchargid. c1425Eng. Conq. Ireland 10 Thay vncharged hare shippes, & made ham loges on lond. c1475Cath. Angl. 59/1 To vn-charge: vbi to discharge.
transf.1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) VII. 201 After mete þey wente into þe feeld by cause for to uncharge þaire stomakes.
3. To remove the charge from (a gun).
1687Miége Gt. Fr. Dict. i, Decharger un Canon, en ôter la charge, to uncharge a Gun. 1902Infantry Training (War Office) i. 119 Charging and Uncharging Magazines in two ranks. |