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uncharge en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + charge.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To drain the electrical charge from.
  2. (intransitive) To become drained of electrical charge.
    • The last configuration has a wire connected in parallel with a battery. This configuration would cause the battery to uncharge at the maximum current […] 2020, Moamar Sayed-Mouchaweh, Artificial Intelligence Techniques for a Scalable Energy Transition, page 284:
  3. (archaic, transitive) To free from a charge or load; to unload or unburden.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To free from an accusation; to make no charge against; to acquit.
    • And for his death no wind of blame shall breathe; But even his mother shall uncharge the practice, And call it accident. c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vii]:

Forms

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uncharging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
uncharges Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
uncharged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
uncharged Tense=Past lexicographic