<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Jeremy Silver <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jp.silver@tiscali.co.uk" target="_blank">jp.silver@tiscali.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class="gmail-">
</span>Have several thesauri? thesauruses? yes them... on my desktop. But do they<br>
define words as used in the 1800s?</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Khan's use of "task" is still current. <br>Merriam-Webster.com has the definition "<span>to oppress with great labor". <br>Dictionary.com gives "</span><span><span class="gmail-oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link gmail-oneClick-available">subject</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link gmail-oneClick-available">severe</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link gmail-oneClick-available">excessive</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link">labor</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link">or</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link">exertion;</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link">put</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link">strain</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link">upon</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link">(powers,</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link">resources,</span> <span class="gmail-oneClick-link gmail-oneClick-available">etc.)". <br>The OED website says "</span></span><span class="gmail-ind">Make great demands on (someone's resources or abilities)". <br>None of those are listed as archaic meanings.<br></span></div></div><br></div></div>