Task (?), n. [OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. tache, 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.
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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.
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