T`ASK, n. 1. Business imposed by another, often a definite quantity or amount of labor. Each man has his task. When he has performed his task, his time is his own. Ex.5.2. Business; employment. His mental powers were equal to greater tasks.3. Burdensome employment.To take to task, to reprove; to reprimand; as, to take one to task for idleness. T`ASK, v.t. 1. To impose a task; to assign to one a definite amount of business or labor.2. To burden with some employment; to require to perform. There task thy maids, and exercise the loom.
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