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ˌoverˈtax, v.
[over- 27.]
trans. To tax too greatly or heavily; to exact or demand too much of; esp. to overburden or oppress with taxes; to impose taxes upon beyond what is equitable.
1650[see overtaxed below]. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. VIII. 87 Their abilities may be over-taxed. 1835Talfourd Ion iv. ii, Hast thou beheld him overtax his strength? 1835Lytton Rienzi iv. ii, I know that poor men won't be overtaxed. 1842Tennyson Godiva 9 We..have loved the people well, And loathed to see them overtaxed.
Hence ˌoverˈtaxed ppl. a., ˌoverˈtaxing vbl. n.; so also ˌovertaxˈation.
1650B. Discolliminium 48 They..grow too heavy for my over-tax'd leggs. 1823J. S. Mill in Black Dwarf XI. 749 Over-taxation cannot lower wages. a1859Macaulay Hist. Eng. xxiv. V. 181 The most ravenous of all the plunderers of the poor overtaxed nation. 1877Tennyson Harold i. i. 6 Nay, there be murmurs for thy brother breaks us With over-taxing. 1881Education Feb. 26/2 Anything..which avoids the overtaxation of the memory with useless matter. 1897Daily News 20 Jan. 8/7 A question to Ministers concerning the overtaxation of Scotland. |