Webster's Dictionary 1913

2728

Chargeably

Charge″a‐bly (?), adv. At great cost; expensively.

2729

Chargeant

Char″geant (?), a. [F. chargeant, fr. charger to load.] Burdensome; troublesome. Chaucer.

2730

Chargeful

Charge″ful (?), a. Costly; expensive.The fineness of the gold and chargeful fashion.Shak.

2731

Chargehouse

Charge″house′ (?), n. A schoolhouse.

2732

Chargeless

Charge″less, a. Free from, or with little, charge.

2733

Chargeous

Char″geous (?), a. Burdensome.I was chargeous to no man.Wyclif, (2 Cor. xi. 9).

2734

Charger

Char″ger (?), n. 1. One who, or that which charges.2. An instrument for measuring or inserting a charge.3. A large dish.Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger.Matt. xiv. ...

2735

Chargeship

Char‐ge″ship (?), n. The office of a chargé d'affaires.

2736

Charily

Char″i‐ly (?), adv. In a chary manner; carefully; cautiously; frugally.

2737

Chariness

Char″i‐ness, n. The quality of being chary.

2738

Chariot

Char″i‐ot (?), n. [F. Chariot, from char car. See Car.] 1. (Antiq.) A two-wheeled car or vehicle for war, racing, state processions, etc.First moved the chariots, after whom the...

2739

Chariot (2)

Char″i‐ot, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Charioted; p. pr. & vb. n.Charioting.] To convey in a chariot. Milton.

2740

Chariotee

Char′i‐ot‐ee″ (?), n. A light, covered, four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two seats.

2741

Charioteer

Char′i‐ot‐eer″ (?), n.1. One who drives a chariot.2. (Astron.) A constellation. See Auriga, and Wagones.

2742

Charism

Cha″rism (?), n. [Gr. � gift.] (Eccl.) A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians.

2743

Charismatic

Char′is‐mat″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a charism.

2744

Charitable

Char″i‐ta‐ble (?), a. [F. See Charity.]1. Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.Be thy intents wicked or charitable,...... I will speak to thee.Shak.2. Liberal in judging...

2745

Charitableness

Char″i‐ta‐ble‐ness, n. The quality of being charitable; the exercise of charity.

2746

Charitably

Char″i‐ta‐bly, adv. In a charitable manner.

2747

Charity

Char″i‐ty (?), n.; pl.Charities (#). [F. charité fr. L. caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Ir. cara a frien...

2748

Charivari

‖Cha‐ri′va‐ri″ (?), n. A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.☞ It was at first performed before the house of any...

2749

Chark

Chark (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. charcoal.] Charcoal; a cinder. DeFoe.

2750

Chark (2)

Chark, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Charked (?).] To burn to a coal; to char.

2751

Charlatan

Char″la‐tan (?), n. [F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano, fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It. zirlare to whistle like a thrush.] One who prates much in hi...

2752

Charlatanic

{ Char′la‐tan″ic (?), Char′la‐tan″ic‐al (?), } a. Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish. — Char′la‐tan″ic‐al‐ly, adv.

2753

Charlatanism

Char″la‐tan‐ism (?), n. [Cf. F. charlatanisme.] Charlatanry.

2754

Charlatanry

Char″la‐tan‐ry (?), n. [F. charlatanrie, from It. ciarlataneria. See Charlatan.] Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.