Category:Task

Task, n. Etym: [oe. taske, of. tasque, f. tâche, 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.

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.