overtaxv.
/ˌəʊvəˈtaks/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈtæks/ 1. transitive. To tax too heavily; to overburden or oppress with taxes.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > levy (a tax) [verb (transitive)] > tax (a person or thing) > burden or oppress with taxes
charge1330
scat1481
overtax1607
screwa1643
to shoot‥through and through1690
rack1862
1607 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso (new ed.) 70 The king of Friseland..Was ouertaxing them in such a rate, As alwayes breeds a great dislike and iarre.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 437 It is applied to the relief of those which by the same assessment are over-taxed . View more context for this quotation
1835 E. Bulwer-Lytton Rienzi II. iv. ii. 126 I know that poor men won't be overtaxed.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Godiva in Poems (new ed.) II. 112 We,..have loved the people well, And loathed to see them overtax'd.
1973 Black World June 42/2 Odili's father, in welcoming the rival party, is overtaxed and then arrested for tax-evasion.
2002 Myrtle Beach (S. Carolina) Sun-News (Nexis) 16 Oct. c1 A circuit Court judge will decide whether Myrtle Beach overtaxed its residents during the 1999-2000 fiscal year.
2. transitive. To make excessive demands on; to overburden. Also reflexive.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (transitive)]
wearyc897
tirea1000
travailc1300
forwearya1325
taryc1375
tarc1440
matec1450
break1483
labour1496
overwearya1500
wear?1507
to wear out, forth1525
fatigate1535
stress1540
overtire1558
forwaste1563
to tire out1563
overwear1578
spend1582
out-tire1596
outwear1596
outweary1596
overspend1596
to toil out1596
attediate1603
bejade1620
lassate1623
harassa1626
overtask1628
tax1672
hag1674
trash1685
hatter1687
overtax1692
fatigue1693
to knock up1740
tire to death1740
overfatigue1741
fag1774
outdo1776
to do over1789
to use up1790
jade1798
overdo1817
frazzlea1825
worry1828
to sew up1837
to wear to death1840
to take it (also a lot, too much, etc.) out of (a person)1847
gruel1850
to stump up1853
exhaust1860
finish1864
peter1869
knacker1886
grind1887
tew1893
crease1925
poop1931
raddle1951
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [verb (transitive)] > put the limbs or faculties to abnormal exertion > excessively
overtravaila1382
overstrain1578
exceed1596
overtask1628
excel1667
overtax1692
1692 J. Norris Third Chapter Job Paraphr. 22 Why then does Heaven on Mortals Life bestow When 'tis thus overtax'd with woe?
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 218 He was..of a fresh, vigorous complexion,..having never rack'd..his constitution by permitting his desires to over tax his ability.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VIII. 87 Their abilities may be over taxed.
1781 G. Keate Anc. & Mod. Rome in Poet. Wks. I. 18 The deeds that follow'd..in these distant, these degen'rate times, Almost o'ertax belief!
1867 A. Cary Bishop's Son viii. 151 He had only feared..that she had overtaxed herself, for, alas! the weakness of the flesh must needs fall short of the willingness of the spirit.
1882 G. B. Shaw Let. 30 Jan. (1965) I. 47 I have overtaxed the patience of the Almighty, and he has smitten me; and, through me, the Zetetical Society.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 367/2 As the important descriptive work of Agassiz proceeded, it became obvious that it would over-tax his resources.
1998 M. Hulse tr. W. G. Sebald Rings of Saturn vi. 159 The excitement of London literary life threatened to overtax his nerves.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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