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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Task \Task\ (t[.a]sk), 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.
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Ma task of servile toil. --Milton.
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Each morning sees some task begin,
Each evening sees it close. --Longfellow.
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2. Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
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His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.
--Atterbury.
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To take to task. See under Take.
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Syn: Work; labor; employment; business; toil; drudgery;
study; lesson; stint.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.
--Dryden.
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2. To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
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3. To charge; to tax, as with a fault.
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Too impudent to task me with those errors. --Beau. &
Fl.
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WordNet Task
n 1: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted; "he
prepared for great undertakings" [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]

Moby Dictionary
accuse , affair , agency , agentship , allege , arraign , article ,
assignment , attempt , authority , authorization , blame , book , bother ,
brevet , bring accusation , bring charges , bring to book , burden ,
burden with , business , busy , busywork , call to account , calling ,
care , cargo , censure , chalk talk , chare , charge , chide , chore ,
cite , commission , commissioning , commitment , complain , consignment ,
contract , criticize , cure , deadweight , deal , delegated authority ,
delegation , demand , denounce , denunciate , deputation , devoir ,
devolution , devolvement , dirty work , discourse , disquisition ,
donkeywork , drive , drudgery , duty , effort , embassy , employment ,
empowerment , encumber , engagement , enjoin , enterprise , entrusting ,
entrustment , errand , exact , executorship , exequatur , exercise ,
exposition , factorship , fag , fasten on , fasten upon , fatigue ,
finger , fish to fry , freight , freight with , full power , function ,
grind , handiwork , handwork , hang something on , harangue , headache ,
homework , homily , impeach , imply , impose , impose on , impose upon ,
impute , indict , industry , inflict on , inflict upon , inform against ,
inform on , insinuate , instruction , job , job of work , jurisdiction ,
keep busy , labor , lade , lay , lay charges , lay on , lecture ,
lecture-demonstration , legation , lesson , levy , license , lick ,
lick of work , lieutenancy , load , lodge a complaint , lodge a plaint ,
lumber , make-work , mandate , manual labor , matters in hand ,
millstone , mission , moil , moral , moral lesson , morality ,
moralization , nuisance , object lesson , obligation , occupation ,
odd job , office , onus , operation , oppress , overdrive , overtask ,
overtax , overwork , pain , piece of work , pin on , place , plan ,
plenipotentiary power , power of attorney , power to act , preachment ,
prefer charges , press charges , procuration , program , project ,
proposition , province , proxy , purview , put , put down , put on ,
put on report , put upon , rat race , rebuke , recital , recitation ,
recriminate , regency , regentship , report , reprehend , reprimand ,
reproach , reprove , responsibility , saddle , saddle with , scold ,
scut work , sermon , service , set , set task , skull session , slavery ,
spadework , stint , strain , stroke , stroke of work , struggle ,
subject to , sweat , take to task , talk , taunt with , tax , teaching ,
things to do , tiresome work , toil , travail , treadmill , trouble ,
trust , trusteeship , twit , undertaking , upbraid , venture ,
vicarious authority , vocation , warrant , weigh , weight ,
weight down with , work , yoke with