recharge
Use Recharge in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to charge again with electricity.
2.
Informal. to refresh or restore; revitalize.
verb (used without object)
3.
to make a new charge, especially to attack again.
4.
Informal. to revive or restore energy, stamina, enthusiasm, etc.
noun
5.
an act or instance of recharging.
6.
Geology. the processes by which ground water is absorbed into the zone of saturation.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to cause (an accumulator, capacitor, etc) to take up and store electricity again |
| 2. | to revive or renew (one's energies) (esp in recharge one's batteries) |
| re'chargeable | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
recharge
early 15c., "to reload" (a vessel), from re- "again, back" + charge "load" (q.v.); modeled on M.Fr. rechargier (13c.). Meaning "re-power a battery" is from 1876. The noun is recorded from 1610s.
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Example sentences
There's been a lot of talk about how setting an end date for a scripted serial helps to recharge it.
Recharge to the aquifer happens through cracks in the clay lining of the playa floor and at the edges of playa basin.
The moon's cycles are a result of having to recharge the batteries following the power drain of a full moon seriously.
The all-electric car will tell drivers where to recharge.
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