Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Task
Task
(tȧsk)
, Noun.
[OE. & ]
taske
, OF. tasque
, F. tâche
, for tasche
, LL. tasca
, taxa
, fr. L. taxare
to rate, appraise, estimate. See Tax
, Noun.
Verb.
1.
Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
Ma
task
of servile toil. Milton.
Each morning sees some
Each evening sees it close.
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
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Task
T`ASK
, n.1.
Business imposed by another, often a definite quantity or amount of labor. Each man has his task. When he has performed his task, his time is his own. Ex.5.2.
Business; employment. His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.
3.
Burdensome employment.To take to task, to reprove; to reprimand; as, to take one to task for idleness.
T`ASK
, v.t.1.
To impose a task; to assign to one a definite amount of business or labor.2.
To burden with some employment; to require to perform. There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.