Past tense of 'chore,' meaning to do chores or assign chores to someone.
From Middle English 'chore' meaning a task or odd job, possibly from Old English 'char' or 'chare' meaning to turn or perform work. The '-ed' suffix marks past tense.
The word 'chore' started as meaning any task or turn of work, but now it's stuck to the boring, repetitive stuff—language actually tracks how we feel about different jobs by which ones become 'chores' and which stay 'work.'
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