recharge

See also: rechargé

English

Etymology

From Old French rechargier, from re- +‎ chargier.

Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA^(key): /ɹiːˈtʃɑː(ɹ)dʒ/

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• (noun) IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːtʃɑː(ɹ)dʒ/

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Verb

recharge (third-person singular simple present recharges, present participle recharging, simple past and past participle recharged)

1. (transitive) To charge an electric battery after its power has been consumed.
   • 2024 March 6, “Network News: GWR '230' sets UK battery record”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 13:

     GWR plans to use it on the Greenford branch in west London, making use of a fast charger at West Ealing that will charge the batteries in just three and a half minutes. This fast charger is essentially a battery installed at the lineside which is trickle-charged from the electricity grid. It can then discharge quickly into the train's batteries through charging rails and then start recharging itself while the train is running in service.

2. (intransitive) To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.
   • August 28, 2003, Tiger Woods, interview by Todd Budnick[1]

     My body is a little bit sore from all of the practicing and playing and training, and your mind gets a little tired of it, too. It's nice to be able to recharge and come back fresh for the remainder of the year.

3. (transitive) To reload a gun with ammunition.
4. (transitive) To add or restore water to an aquifer.
5. (transitive) To request payment again from.
   • 1977, United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Diagnostic Motor Vehicle Inspection Demonstration Projects, Program Engineering Support:

     Customer was recharged for doing same brake work (in November) that had been done in September. QA teams believes^[sic] this work was a rip-off.

6. To charge or accuse in return.
7. To attack again or anew.
   • 1667, John Dryden, Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC, (please specify the stanza number):

     They charge, recharge, and all along the sea / They drive, and squander the huge Belgian fleet

Synonyms

• (to invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents): unwind

Derived terms

• recharge one's batteries
• recharge one's battery

 

Translations

To charge an electric battery

• Bulgarian: презареждам (prezareždam)
• Catalan: recarregar (ca)
• Danish: genoplade
• Dutch: opladen (nl)
• Finnish: ladata (fi)
• French: recharger (fr)
• Georgian: ტენის (ṭenis), დამუხტავს (damuxṭavs)
• Hebrew: טען (he) (ta'án)
• Manx: aalught
• Maori: whakakaha, whakahaumanu
• Portuguese: recarregar
• Russian: перезаряжа́ть (ru) (perezarjažátʹ)
• Spanish: recargar (es)
• Welsh: ailwefru

to revitalise, reinvigorate

• Maori: whakahaumanu

To reload a gun

• Bulgarian: презареждам (prezareždam)
• Finnish: ladata (fi)
• French: recharger (fr)
• Georgian: გადატენის (gadaṭenis)
• Portuguese: recarregar
• Russian: перезаряжа́ть (ru) (perezarjažátʹ)

Noun

recharge (countable and uncountable, plural recharges)

1. (uncountable) Water that has percolated from the ground surface to an aquifer.
2. (countable) The process of charging (an electrical device) again.

   My phone has needed five recharges in the last month.

Derived terms

• recharge area
• recharge basin
• recharge well

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/

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Verb

recharge

1. inflection of recharger:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative