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attask

attask verb: to take to task; tax; reprove; blame.

Verb

attask (third-person singular simple present attasks, present participle attasking, simple past and past participle attasked)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To take to task; tax; reprove; blame.

Forms of attask

third-person singular presentattasks
present participleattasking
past participleattasked
pastattasked

Origin of attask

From at- + task.

Questions about attask

What does attask mean?
Attask means to take to task; tax; reprove; blame.
What part of speech is attask?
Attask is a verb.
What is the past tense of attask?
The past tense of attask is attasked.

Words near attask in the dictionary

  1. Attards
  2. attargul
  3. attars
  4. attas
  5. Attashin
  6. attask
  7. attasked
  8. attasking
  9. attasks
  10. Attawandaron
  11. Attawapiskat

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