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Pronunciation : Task
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. t?che, for tasche, LL. tasca, taxa, fr. L. taxare to rate, appraise, estimate. See Tax, n. & v.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Task
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

t. [imp. & p. p. Tasked; p. pr. & vb. n. Tasking.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913