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Webster 1828 Edition


Overtax

OVERTAX'

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Verb.
T.
To tax too heavily.

Definition 2024


overtax

overtax

English

Verb

overtax (third-person singular simple present overtaxes, present participle overtaxing, simple past and past participle overtaxed)

  1. To tax to an excessive degree
  2. To overburden
    The overtaxed shaft snapped.