Task /(tȧsk)/

Task

n.
  1. Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount.
    Ma task of servile toil.
    Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close.
  2. Business; employment; undertaking; labor.
    His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.

Phrases & Compounds

To take to task
See under Take.

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.
  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.