Hypertext Webster Gateway: "task"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Task \Task\, 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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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