il chargeait

was taking care of, was responsible for, was asking, was telling, was blaming

→ charger
charge to take on, to take charge of + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Rare #51,144
was taking care of, was responsible for Used with se: se chargeait de.
FR: Elle se chargeait des réservations.
EN: She was taking care of the reservations.
was asking, was telling In the sense of assigning someone a task, used with de.
FR: Il le chargeait de préparer le dîner.
EN: He was asking him to prepare dinner.
was blaming
FR: Il chargeait son frère de tous les problèmes.
EN: He was blaming his brother for all the problems.
was loading
FR: Elle chargeait son arme avant de sortir.
EN: She was loading her weapon before going out.
Conjugation of charger
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third chargeait —

M. Langlois se chargeait des autres matières.

Mr. Langlois took care of the other subjects.

— Les Choristes (2004)

Mais il le chargeait de me capturer.

But he was charging him with capturing me.

— Harry Potter et la Coupe de feu (2005)

Ziri chargeait son arme.

Ziri loaded his weapon.

Quand il rentrait, il le chargeait toujours à cause des sangliers.

When he came back, he always loaded it up because of the wild boars.

— Jean de Florette (1986)