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† ˈchargeful, a. Obs.
[f. charge n. + -ful.]
1. Onerous, burdensome; expensive, costly.
c1529Frith Antith. (1829) 303 Christ came to seek the poor and comfort them; he was not chargeful unto them. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Acts 3 b, That ye may be hable to susteyne so chargefull an entrepryse. 1590Shakes. Com. Err. iv. i. 29 Chargefull fashion. 1598Spenser Wks. (Grosart) I. 553 Less chargefull is the grosse accompte.
2. Full of responsibility, responsible, grave.
1553Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 342 Faithful, studiouse, and diligent in that so chargefull a function. 1611Speed Hist. Gt. Brit. ix. ix. (1632) 600 So chargefull an enterprize. |