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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Task \Task\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tasked}; p. pr & vb n. {Tasking}.] 1. To impose a task upon to assign a definite amount of business, labor, or duty to There task thy maids, and exercise the loom. --Dryden. 2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax. 3. To charge; to tax; as with a fault. Too impudent to task me with those errors. --Beau. & Fl From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Task \Task\, n. [OE. taske, OF tasque, F. t[^a]che, for tasche, LL tasca, taxa, fr L. taxare to rate, appraise, estimate. See {Tax}, n. & v.] 1. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. Ma task of servile toil. --Milton. Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close --Longfellow. 2. Business; employment; undertaking; labor. His mental powers were equal to greater tasks. --Atterbury. {To take to task}. See under {Take}. Syn: Work labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery; study; lesson; stint. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: task n 1: any piece of work [syn: {undertaking}, {project}, {labor}] 2: a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee: "estimates of the city's loss on that job ranged as high as a million dollars"; "the job of repairing the engine took several hours"; "the endless task of classifying the samples"; "the farmer's morning chores" [syn: {job}, {chore}] v 1: assign a task to "I tasked him with looking after the children" 2: use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" [syn: {tax}]
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