Charged
[tʃɑːdʒd] or [tʃɑrdʒd]
Definition
(adj.) of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge; 'charged particles'; 'a charged battery' .
(adj.) fraught with great emotion; 'an atmosphere charged with excitement'; 'an emotionally charged speech' .
(adj.) capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy; 'the highly charged issue of abortion' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Charge
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Examples
- Let it suffice h ere to state that Rutherford assumes that the greater mass of the atom consis ts o f negatively charged particles rotating about a positive nucle us. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- An inking roller, charged with an oily ink, is then passed over the stone and inks the drawing, but leaves all the other parts of the stone quite clean. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- The room was charged with excitement and strong, animal emotion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The Athenians charged the enemy. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The overt act charged in the indictment was a libel found in his private study. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- A refrigerating chamber _b_, submerged in the water, is charged internally with some volatile liquid, such as ether. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But she would not heed, and just then the ape charged, so that Clayton could say no more. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- I wish this present hour would never end: who knows with what fate the next may come charged? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He was charged at the rate of two or three per cent. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But then the first mate lunged forward upon his face, and at a cry of command from Black Michael the mutineers charged the remaining four. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Mr Wrayburn,' proceeded the boy, 'we not only know this that I have charged upon you, but we know more. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This can he charged to nobody. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- However, Versailles patrols drove them in again; as the vigilant Lecointre had strictly charged them to do. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I regard it in the light of a professional duty to be so, though it can be charged to no one. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Another word from the great Thark, and with a wild and terrifying battle-cry the green warriors charged. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- On being charged with the fact, the poor girl confirmed the suspicion in a great measure by her extreme confusion of manner. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- It seized Laud, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and charged him with treason. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Its ray tanks were charged only with sufficient repulsive energy to lift two ordinary men. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The stock is delivered to the charging floor in iron boxes loaded on narrow-gauge buggies, and is charged into the furnaces by electric charging machines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The infantry with their muzzle-loading muskets could not keep up a steady enough fire to wither determined cavalry before it charged home. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The air there was charged with the scent of gathered grapes. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The ground had been charged over before. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And I was that nearest person--brimful of comfort, charged to overflowing with seasonable and reviving words. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- He wheeled instantly and charged me with the most appalling speed I had ever beheld. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The trumpets sounded, and the knights charged each other in full career. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But if the problem is more heavily charged with power, the taboo irritates the force until it explodes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I charged her with the fact. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- There seemed to be a few men in front and I charged upon them with my company. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I shall be charged with that next. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I am charged with a most agreeable office (breathing rather faster than usual as she spoke. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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