• TASK

1. s. pensum, pensum imperatum (a day’s work appointed; from the practice of weighing out wool for spinning); opus (work to be done). To set or prescribe a task, pensum imperare: to set one’s self a task, proponere sibi aliquid faciendum: to be equal to a task, operi sufficere: to perform a difficult task, quod est difficillimum, efficere: to take one to task, reprehendere aliquem: castigare aliquem verbis (to reprove).

2. v. pensum alicui imperare. To task one’s self, proponere sibi aliquid faciendum. Vid: also, CHARGE.