unchargev.
Now rare.in extended use.1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 201 After mete þey wente into þe feeld by cause for to uncharge þaire stomakes.
1. absolute.1340 Ayenbite (1866) 97 Þe oþere [law] chargeþ: and þis onchargeþ.
a. transitive. To free from a charge or burden.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > find no difficulty in [verb (transitive)] > make easy or easier > disencumber or disburden
uncharge1303
ease1393
uncumberc1440
discumber?1473
exonerate1524
unlade?1529
dispatch1530
disburden1531
unburden1538
unloaden1567
free1573
disbalass1576
unload1576
disencumber1598
dispester1600
disempester1613
relieve1671
disemburden1790
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 11942 But yn euery tyme þat þou shryuest þe, Of pyne shalt þou vncharged be.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 338 For charite with-oute chalengynge vnchargeth þe soule.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) ii. xlvii. 94 So miche we dide, she and j, þat þe contracte was ouerthrowe from me, and j vncharged.
b. To acquit of guilt.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > justification > justify [verb (transitive)] > exculpate
cleansea1000
skere?c1225
unwreea1250
spurge1303
sunyiea1325
disblamec1374
quita1400
whitena1400
emplasterc1405
declare1460
clear1481
absolve1496
purgea1530
free1560
clenge1592
disculp1602
uncharge1604
exonerate1655
exculpate1656
wash1659
excriminate1661
to wipe the mouth of1687
disculpate1693
whitewash1703
rehabilitate1847
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 66 Euen his Mother shall vncharge the practise, And call it accident. View more context for this quotation
2. To unload; to discharge (a vessel).
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society > travel > transport > [verb (transitive)] > unload
uncharge13..
unladea1398
unload?1523
strike1797
offload1850
download1962
society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > put off or discharge (from) a ship
landa1300
uncharge13..
dischargec1384
lightc1400
unladec1436
unshipa1450
loss1482
disbark1552
defreight1555
unbark1555
disload1568
inshore1577
unfreight1580
disembark1582
to bring aboarda1600
unload1599
dislade1609
shore?1615
unliver1637
debark1655
to take offa1688
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.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Acts xxi. 3 We..seiliden in to Sirie, and camen to Tire. For there the schip schulde be vnchargid.
a1400 Coer de L. 2584 The drowmound..was drownyd in the flood, Ar halff unchargyd wer that good.
c1425 Eng. Conq. Ireland 10 Thay vncharged hare shippes, & made ham loges on lond.
c1475 Cath. Angl. 59/1 To vn-charge: vbi to discharge.
3. To remove the charge from (a gun).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > load or prime (a gun) > unload, etc.
unload1601
uncharge1688
worm1802
unshot1805
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. i. sig. O3v/1 Decharger un Canon, en ôter la Charge, to uncharge a Gun.
1902 Infantry Training (War Office) i. 119 Charging and Uncharging Magazines in two ranks.
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