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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : task, tahsk |
| Phonetic Transcription : tæsk, tɑsk |
Definition of tasked
Origin :- c.1300, "piece of work imposed as a duty," from Old North French tasque (13c., Old French tasche, Modern French tâche) "duty, tax," from Vulgar Latin *tasca "a duty, assessment," metathesis of Medieval Latin taxa, a back-formation of Latin taxare "to evaluate, estimate, assess" (see tax). General sense of "any piece of work that has to be done" is first recorded 1590s. Phrase take one to task (1680s) preserves the sense that is closer to tax.
- German tasche "pocket" is from the same Vulgar Latin source (via Old High German tasca), with presumable sense evolution from "amount of work imposed by some authority," to "payment for that work," to "wages," to "pocket into which money is put," to "any pocket."
- verb assign, burden
- The exhausted Hebrews, whose energies had been tasked to the utmost, were surrounded.
- Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
- The dykes, tasked beyond their strength, burst in every direction.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Dutch Republic, Volume II.(of III) 1566-74 » by John Lothrop Motley
- It has tasked the resources of the plastic and the graphic arts.
- Extract from : « Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete » by Lyndon Orr
- The energies which have not yet been tasked, do not know well how to begin.
- Extract from : « Charlemont » by W. Gilmore Simms
- Cleopatra had tasked her powers of fascination, and she knew that they had failed.
- Extract from : « Women of History » by Anonymous
- It required an amount of suction that tasked our determination to the utmost.
- Extract from : « Around The Tea-Table » by T. De Witt Talmage
- The fruits too are golden, hanging heavy from the tasked trees.
- Extract from : « Dream Life » by Donald G. Mitchell
- She was the most active woman I ever saw, and she was tasked to her utmost.
- Extract from : « The History of Mary Prince » by Mary Prince
- I told the fellows to go on and I tasked back to the little house.
- Extract from : « A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" » by Russell Doubleday
- Accordingly I tasked the stores of my memory, and my powers of invention.
- Extract from : « Caleb Williams » by William Godwin
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