recharge

From Old French rechargier, from re- +‎ chargier.

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.
2. (intransitive) To invigorate and revitalize one's energy level by removing stressful agents for a period of time.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Tiger Woods:

     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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

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

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.

• recharge area
• recharge well

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/

recharge

1. first-person singular present indicative of recharger
2. third-person singular present indicative of recharger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of recharger
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of recharger
5. second-person singular imperative of recharger