To assign a job or responsibility to someone; to require someone to do something.
From 'task' (Old French 'tasche,' from Latin 'taxa' meaning 'things imposed'). The word moved from meaning an imposed obligation to the modern sense of assigning work.
Task comes from Latin words meaning 'imposed'—which makes sense because when someone tasks you with something, you're basically being told you *must* do it, whether you like it or not!
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