† chargefuladj.
Obsolete.
1. Onerous, burdensome; expensive, costly.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [adjective] > involving great or excessive expenditure
dear1044
chargeous138.
wastyc1380
dear-boughtc1384
costlewa1387
costlya1425
costy?c1430
costfulc1450
costablea1475
chargeable1480
sumptuous1485
chargeful1529
deep1608
tributary1632
burdenablec1650
expensivea1661
consumptive1753
capital-intensive1907
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [adjective] > encumbering > burdening
chargeous138.
onerous1395
chargeantc1400
onerable?a1475
importunable?c1485
chargeand1487
onerosea1500
chargeable1509
chargeful1529
burdenousa1535
onerarious1548
burdensome1578
loadsome1578
burdeninga1616
loading1625
1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader xvii. sig. Mijv Christ came to seake the poore and comfort them, he was not chargefull vnto them.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Acts 3 b That ye may be hable to susteyne so chargefull an entrepryse.
a1599 E. Spenser Briefe Note Ireland in Wks. (1949) IX. 244 Lesse chargfull is the grosse accompte.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. i. 29 Chargefull fashion. View more context for this quotation
2. Full of responsibility, responsible, grave.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > responsibility > [adjective]
chargeablea1533
chargeful1553
responsible1763
1553 J. Bale Vocacyon in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) I. 342 Faithful, studiouse, and diligent in that so chargefull a function.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. ix. 514/2 So chargefull an enterprize.
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