Middle English Dictionary Entry
encharǧen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | encharǧen v. |
| Etymology | OF enchargier. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. chargen.
1.
(a) To impose (something) as a duty or obligation; (b) to charge (a person) with a duty or obligation.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)5.pr.6.343 : Gret necessite of prowesse and vertu is encharged and comaunded to yow.
b
- a1486(1442) Accept.Boyle in Archaeol.57 (Mrg M 775)37 : I, philyp boyle..was enchargid for to fyght wt a knyth or wt a squyere &..for to serve my sovereyn lorde.