Synonyms for charge
tʃɑrdʒcharge

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1. charge

   Arraign is an official word; a person accused of crime is arraigned when he is formally called into court, the indictment read to him, and the demand made of him to plead guilty or not guilty; in more extended use, to arraign is to call in question for fault in any formal, public, or official way. One may charge another with any fault, great or trifling, privately or publicly, formally or informally. Accuse is stronger than charge, suggesting more of the formal and criminal; a person may charge a friend with unkindness or neglect; he may accuse a tramp of stealing. Censure carries the idea of fault, but not of crime; it may be private and individual, or public and official. A judge, a president, or other officer of high rank may be impeached before the appropriate tribunal for high crimes; the veracity of a witness may be impeached by damaging evidence. A person of the highest character may be summoned as defendant in a civil suit; or he may be cited to answer as administrator, etc. Indict and arraign apply strictly to criminal proceedings, and only an alleged criminal is indicted or arraigned. One is indicted by the grand jury, and arraigned before the appropriate court.

   Synonyms:
   accuse, arraign, censure, cite, impeach, indict, prosecute, summon

   Antonyms:
   acquit, condone, discharge, excuse, exonerate, forgive, overlook, pardon, pardon, release, set free

   Preposition:
   Arraign at the bar, before the tribunal, of or for a crime; on or upon an indictment.

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1. charge

   Synonyms:
   direct, enjoin, advise, admonish, arraign, inculpate, entrust, commit, load, accuse, impeach, attack, assault, impute, carry

   Antonyms:
   clear, free, discharge, acquit, liberate

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1. chargenoun

   an impetuous rush toward someone or something

   "the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary"; "the battle began with a cavalry charge"

   Synonyms:
   direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   pay cash, discharge

2. charge, complaintnoun

   (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense

   "he was arrested on a charge of larceny"

   Synonyms:
   direction, ailment, bearing, mission, bang, ill, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   discharge, pay cash

3. chargenoun

   the price charged for some article or service

   "the admission charge"

   Synonyms:
   direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   pay cash, discharge

4. charge, electric chargenoun

   the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons

   "the battery needed a fresh charge"

   Synonyms:
   direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   pay cash, discharge

5. care, charge, tutelage, guardianshipnoun

   attention and management implying responsibility for safety

   "he is in the care of a bodyguard"

   Synonyms:
   fear, keeping, accusation, commission, electric charge, explosive charge, tutorship, burster, caution, care, concern, complaint, kick, tending, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, maintenance, aid, tutelage, forethought, boot, bursting charge, armorial bearing, guardianship, direction, safekeeping, bearing, flush, attention, thrill, rush, precaution, bang, tuition, mission, upkeep

   Antonyms:
   discharge, pay cash

6. mission, charge, commissionnoun

   a special assignment that is given to a person or group

   "a confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a message"

   Synonyms:
   military commission, missionary post, accusation, commission, electric charge, delegacy, committal, explosive charge, missionary station, deputation, care, complaint, kick, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, tutelage, boot, commissioning, bursting charge, armorial bearing, delegation, guardianship, direction, bearing, missionary work, foreign mission, committee, flush, military mission, thrill, rush, burster, bang, mission, perpetration

   Antonyms:
   discharge, pay cash

7. chargenoun

   a person committed to your care

   "the teacher led her charges across the street"

   Synonyms:
   direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   pay cash, discharge

8. chargenoun

   financial liabilities (such as a tax)

   "the charges against the estate"

   Synonyms:
   direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   pay cash, discharge

9. cathexis, chargenoun

   (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object

   "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"

   Synonyms:
   direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

   Antonyms:
   pay cash, discharge

10. bang, boot, charge, rush, flush, thrill, kicknoun

    the swift release of a store of affective force

    "they got a great bang out of it"; "what a boot!"; "he got a quick rush from injecting heroin"; "he does it for kicks"

    Synonyms:
    iron boot, peak, recoil, strike, haste, accusation, thrill, shudder, blossom, commission, electric charge, prime, squawk, belt, explosive charge, blush, fringe, smash, care, hit, knock, bam, complaint, kick, bloom, gripe, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, clap, the boot, tutelage, hot flash, eruption, boot, efflorescence, outpouring, bursting charge, smasher, armorial bearing, guardianship, direction, rosiness, kicking, quiver, chill, upsurge, heyday, rushing, frisson, bearing, spate, hurry, tingle, flower, flush, bitch, bang, bash, blast, rush, shiver, burster, iron heel, mission, gush, surge, beef

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

11. charge, billingnoun

    request for payment of a debt

    "they submitted their charges at the end of each month"

    Synonyms:
    direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

12. commission, charge, directionnoun

    a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something

    "the judge's charge to the jury"

    Synonyms:
    military commission, focus, focal point, accusation, commission, electric charge, management, delegacy, committal, counseling, explosive charge, counselling, deputation, care, steering, complaint, kick, heraldic bearing, billing, cathexis, way, tutelage, centering, boot, commissioning, bursting charge, armorial bearing, delegation, guardianship, direction, focussing, focusing, bearing, guidance, committee, flush, instruction, thrill, rush, burster, bang, mission, counsel, perpetration

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

13. accusation, chargenoun

    an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence

    "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"

    Synonyms:
    direction, bearing, rush, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, accusal

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

14. charge, bearing, heraldic bearing, armorial bearingnoun

    heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

    Synonyms:
    direction, aim, bearing, comportment, mission, bang, posture, heraldic bearing, presence, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, carriage, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, heading, cathexis, explosive charge, mien, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

15. charge, burster, bursting charge, explosive chargeverb

    a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time

    "this cartridge has a powder charge of 50 grains"

    Synonyms:
    direction, bearing, mission, bang, heraldic bearing, commission, complaint, thrill, kick, bursting charge, care, burster, armorial bearing, tutelage, billing, cathexis, explosive charge, accusation, electric charge, guardianship, flush, boot, rush

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

16. charge, bear downverb

    to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle

    "he saw Jess charging at him with a pitchfork"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, weigh down, rouse, overbear, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, press down on, bear down on, blame, load, bear down, commit, drag down, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

17. charge, accuseverb

    blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against

    "he charged the director with indifference"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, incriminate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, criminate, commit, impeach, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

18. charge, billverb

    demand payment

    "Will I get charged for this service?"; "We were billed for 4 nights in the hotel, although we stayed only 3 nights"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, placard, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

19. tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buckverb

    move quickly and violently

    "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

    Synonyms:
    hitch, land, jerk, shoot, flash, scoot, bear down, scud, sprout, hit, consign, excite, commove, commit, blame, film, snap, down, appoint, take, point, pullulate, agitate, load, bill, deplumate, bourgeon, defeat, rouse, buck, saddle, pull, fool away, fritter, kill, lodge, dissipate, dart, frivol away, file, bust, burgeon forth, accuse, level, institutionalize, turn on, pluck, fritter away, inject, vote down, deplume, germinate, shoot down, institutionalise, fool, burden, photograph, charge up, blast, dash, send, go against, spud, rupture, pip, vote out, displume, tear

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

20. appoint, chargeverb

    assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to

    "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, name, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, load, bear down, commit, blame, charge up, nominate, excite, lodge, send, constitute

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

21. charge, lodge, fileverb

    file a formal charge against

    "The suspect was charged with murdering his wife"

    Synonyms:
    accommodate, file away, excite, stick, bear down, consign, blame, register, commove, commit, burden, agitate, appoint, load, point, level, rouse, file, saddle, shoot down, accuse, institutionalise, lodge, bill, deposit, institutionalize, turn on, buck, charge up, shoot, tear, wedge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

22. chargeverb

    make an accusatory claim

    "The defense attorney charged that the jurors were biased"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

23. chargeverb

    fill or load to capacity

    "charge the wagon with hay"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

24. chargeverb

    enter a certain amount as a charge

    "he charged me $15"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

25. commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, chargeverb

    cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution

    "After the second episode, she had to be committed"; "he was committed to prison"

    Synonyms:
    ship, beam, dedicate, get off, place, put, mail, consign, excite, perpetrate, intrust, send off, commit, blame, station, agitate, appoint, post, bear down, load, point, consecrate, rouse, shoot down, buck, commove, pull, accuse, institutionalise, lodge, give, transport, bill, shoot, devote, direct, level, file, turn on, practice, broadcast, charge up, send out, invest, confide, air, institutionalize, send, entrust, trust, saddle, tear, burden, transmit

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

26. consign, chargeverb

    give over to another for care or safekeeping

    "consign your baggage"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, load, bear down, commit, blame, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

27. chargeverb

    pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt

    "Will you pay cash or charge the purchase?"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

28. chargeverb

    lie down on command, of hunting dogs

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

29. agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge upverb

    cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

    "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

    Synonyms:
    fight, trip out, crusade, excite, institutionalize, disturb, trip, level, shake up, shake, depend upon, get off, commove, commit, rout out, press, agitate, blame, appoint, wake up, stir, wake, load, shift, energise, point, stimulate, consign, hinge on, arouse, drive out, sex, buck, saddle, vex, accuse, institutionalise, tear, lodge, ride, depend on, bill, file, devolve on, budge, hinge upon, energize, bestir, waken, turn on, bear down, wind up, shoot down, charge up, rouse, awaken, burden, shoot, force out, push, foment, campaign, send, stir up, raise up, switch on

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

30. chargeverb

    place a heraldic bearing on

    "charge all weapons, shields, and banners"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

31. load, chargeverb

    provide (a device) with something necessary

    "He loaded his gun carefully"; "load the camera"

    Synonyms:
    excite, bear down, consign, blame, commove, commit, burden, agitate, lade, appoint, debase, laden, load, point, turn on, rouse, file, saddle, shoot down, accuse, institutionalise, lodge, bill, dilute, level, stretch, institutionalize, adulterate, buck, charge up, shoot, tear, send, load up

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

32. charge, level, pointverb

    direct into a position for use

    "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"

    Synonyms:
    channelize, excite, taper, bear down, place, tear down, raze, blame, show, commove, commit, burden, bespeak, agitate, betoken, appoint, even out, dismantle, level off, load, point, level, indicate, rouse, sharpen, channelise, file, pull down, shoot down, accuse, head, institutionalise, orient, lodge, manoeuver, bill, designate, manoeuvre, consign, direct, take down, institutionalize, turn on, luff, aim, buck, charge up, repoint, even, shoot, flush, target, tear, send, signal, maneuver, saddle, guide, rase, steer

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

33. charge, saddle, burdenverb

    impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

    "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, burthen, blame, load, bear down, commit, weight, charge up, excite, lodge, weight down, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

34. chargeverb

    instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

35. chargeverb

    instruct or command with authority

    "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

36. blame, chargeverb

    attribute responsibility to

    "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, fault, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, pick, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, institutionalise, file, bill, find fault, tear, level, burden, load, bear down, commit, blame, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

37. chargeverb

    set or ask for a certain price

    "How much do you charge for lunch?"; "This fellow charges $100 for a massage"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    discharge, pay cash

38. chargeverb

    cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on

    "charge a conductor"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

39. chargeverb

    energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge

    "I need to charge my car battery"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

40. chargeverb

    saturate

    "The room was charged with tension and anxiety"

    Synonyms:
    saddle, institutionalize, buck, shoot down, commove, turn on, shoot, appoint, institutionalise, agitate, rouse, consign, accuse, point, burden, file, bill, tear, level, blame, load, bear down, commit, charge up, excite, lodge, send

    Antonyms:
    pay cash, discharge

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1. • Account
   • Accuse
   • Aim
   • Art
   • Assertion
   • Assignment
   • Attack
   • Attribute
   • Change
   • Claim
   • Cost
   • Criminal Law
   • Debit
   • Dependent
   • Entrust
   • Fill
   • Impregnate
   • Instruct
   • Law
   • Liabilities
   • Libidinal Energy
   • Lie Down
   • Paint
   • Pay
   • Pleading
   • Protection
   • Psychoanalysis
   • Rush
   • Set
   • Supply
   • Tax
   • Transfer

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1. chargeverb

   Synonyms:
   load, burden, freight, lade

2. chargeverb

   Synonyms:
   intrust, put in one's keeping or care

3. chargeverb

   Synonyms:
   ascribe, impute, lay, put, bring home to, lay to one's door, lay to one's charge

4. chargeverb

   Synonyms:
   accuse, arraign, impeach, inculpate, criminate, indict, tax, call to account, take to task, inform against

5. chargeverb

   Synonyms:
   command, order, bid, require, enjoin

6. chargeverb

   Synonyms:
   attack, assault, fall upon, bear down upon, set on

7. chargeverb

   Synonyms:
   make an onset, make a charge

8. chargenoun

   Synonyms:
   load, lading, cargo, freight, burden, what is carried

9. chargenoun

   Synonyms:
   trust, care, custody, ward, management

10. chargenoun

    Synonyms:
    commission, duty, office, employment

11. chargenoun

    Synonyms:
    order, injunction, direction, mandate, precept, command

12. chargenoun

    Synonyms:
    instruction, exhortation

13. chargenoun

    Synonyms:
    accusation, crimination

14. chargenoun

    Synonyms:
    cost, expense, outlay, expenditure

15. chargenoun

    Synonyms:
    price, sum charged

16. chargenoun

    Synonyms:
    onset, onslaught, assault, attack, encounter

17. chargenoun

    Synonyms:
    10. (Her.) bearing

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1. chargenoun

   Synonyms:
   accusation, complaint, allegation, indictment, imputation, crimination, impeachment, arraignment, gravamen (burden of a charge), trust, ward, custody, care, responsibility, oversight, obligation, commission, management, onset, attack, assault, onslaught, fusillade, tutelage

2. chargeverb

   Synonyms:
   impose, load, encumber, exhort, enjoin, adjure, instruct, commit, intrust, debit, accuse, indict, tax, impute, criminate, arraign, attack, assault

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1. List of paraphrases for "charge":

   al-qaem, load, accusation, responsible, qaim, burden, chargé, indictment, charges, qaem, fee, loaded, prosecution, tasked, existing, loading, debit, charging, fees, expenses, upload, costs, imputation, instructs, mandated, expense, cost, responsibility, royalty, cargo, levy, charged, al-qaim, loads, borne, fresh, accuse, accountable, office

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1. Lyndon B. Johnson:

   It is the common failing of totalitarian regimes that they cannot really understand the nature of our democracy. They mistake dissent for disloyalty. They mistake restlessness for a rejection of policy. They mistake a few committees for a country. They misjudge individual speeches for public policy. (Answering North Vietnamese charge that US could not endure)

2. Katherine Schweit:

   I believe in the police chief’s first interview, he said, ‘I wasn’t in charge,’ and now we’re hearing he was in charge, the bottom line is no one was in charge.

3. Kendall Coffey:

   This is an aggressive charge,” Kendall Coffey said. “And there are times when an aggressive charge gives more incentive for the defendant to seek a plea. The vast majority of cases don’t go to trial and end in a plea.”

4. Agency Partners analyst Nick Cunningham:

   The A320 production increase balances the A330 cut and the A400M charge, while guidance is in line so it feels net neutral, the A400M charge is at the upper end and seems not to exclude more.

5. Les Brown:

   We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams.