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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Encharge

Encharge \En*charge"\, n. A charge. [Obs.]
--A. Copley.

Encharge

Encharge \En*charge"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Encharged; p. pr. & vb. n. Encharging.] [OF. enchargier, F. encharger; pref. en- (L. in) + F. charger. See Charge.] To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon.

His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with.
--Jeffrey.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
encharge

late 14c., "impose (something) as a duty or obligation," from Old French enchargier, from Medieval Latin incaricare "load, charge," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + caricare "to load," from Vulgar Latin carricare "to load a car" (see charge (v.)).

Wiktionary
encharge

vb. (context obsolete transitive English) To give to somebody as a charge; to entrust with a duty or task.

Usage examples of "encharge".

Moreover, I encharge the said executors to take my body to Brittany, to the Church of Our Lady, where lie all those of my lineage of Rocasalada.

Now tell me, what account do you give to me concerning that which I encharged to you?

And he decided to return to his homeland, for he had stayed in Brittany six months to carry out everything the emperor had encharged to him.