T'ASK, noun 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. Exodus 5:14. 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, verb transitive 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.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI