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1. fill, fill up, load, plug, pack, ram down, inject with; suffuse, pervade, permeate; spread over, overspread, overrun, saturate, diffuse; bathe, soak, steep; imbue, infuse, penetrate, interfuse.

2. command, bid, order, dictate, adjure, direct, Obs. conjure; ordain, decree, enact; prescribe, set, appoint; summon, beckon, invite, cite, call; enjoin, entreat, exhort, call upon, urge, incite, induce; require, demand, exact, requisition, Brit. Mil. indent.

3. impute, accuse, indict, arraign, impeach, cite, book; allege, assert, incriminate, implicate, criminate, point to, set down to, call to account; attribute, assign, ascribe, accredit, credit, invest with, chalk up to; refer, arrogate, appropriate, associate, connect with.

4. attack, assault, rush, storm, blitz; beset, beleaguer, besiege, siege; fall on, open fire on, pounce on, set upon, Inf. lace into, Inf. rip into, Inf. tear into; bombard, barrage, broadside, Sl. zap, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. lay into, Sl. give it to.

5. load, weigh, weigh down, weight, lade, saddle with, place on; burden, tax, encumber, cumber, superpose; impede, hamper, hinder, handicap; strain, overload, overburden, overtask, overtax, overwhelm, overcharge.

6. load, freight, fill, stow; stuff, pile, heap, stack, pack, Rare. implete.

7. impose, ask, expect, fix a charge, ask a price, price; levy, assess, appraise; fine, tax, exact.

8. defer payment, bill, debit, put on one's check or bill or tab; buy now, pay later; buy on the lay-away or installment plan; take on credit, take on account.

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9. duty, responsibility, office, trust; obligation, bounden duty, liability; oath, word, commitment, promise, pact; mission, calling, assignment, business.

10. care, custody, wardship, protection, keep, keeping, safekeeping, safeguard; auspices, aegis, patronage; guardianship, tutelage, guidance, chaper-onage; supervision, superintendence, surveillance, management, direction; jurisdiction, control, rule, administration.

11. ward, dependent, minor, protege,

12. command, commandment, order, ordinance; injunction, mandate, dictate, will; instruction, prescription, direction, bid; behest, bidding, request, demand, requisition; summons, summoning, call, invitation; enjoining, exhortation, entreaty, urging, incitement, inducement.

13. accusation, allegation, Law. gravamen, Scot, and North Eng. threap; indictment, arraignment, Law. true bill; imputation, implication, inculpation, attribution, assignment, ascription; citation, summons, Law. plaint, Law. complaint; incrimination, recrimination, crimination, blaming.

14. expense, outlay, expenditure, disbursement; cost, fare, amount; worth, value, valuation, quotation, assessment, appraisal, appraisement.

15. fee, price, exaction, payment, rent, dues; levy, tax, toll, rate, tithe, capitation, poll tax; excise, impost, tariff, customs, surtax, tribute, duty, Hist. scot; truckage, wharfage, towage, freightage, tollage; commission, brokerage.

16. attack, assault, onset, onslaught; raid, sally, sortie, foray, invasion; siege, besiegement, offensive, aggression, incursion, investment; blitz, blitzkrieg, storming, Obs. brunt; bombardment, strafing, Mil. barrage, Mil. enfilade, Navy. broadside.

17. load, burden, bale, payload, wagonload, carload; cargo, freight, shipment, portage; weight, onus, cross, millstone, albatross; encumbrance, cumbrance, impediment, hindrance, drag, handicap; vexation, annoyance, nuisance, tribulation; tax, strain, pressure, stress; affliction, sorrow, grief, anguish.