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   Task , n. [OE. taske, OF. tasque, F. tâche, for tasche, LL. tasca, taxa, fr. L. taxare to rate, appraise, estimate. See Tax, n. & v.]
   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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   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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   Task, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tasked ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tasking.]
   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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   To oppress with severe or excessive burdens; to tax.
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   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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