overtax
verb
- charge too much tax
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Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtæks/
verb
Etymology: From over- + tax.
- To tax to an excessive degree.
- To overburden.
“The overtaxed shaft snapped.”
“Again, that lonely taper, how often is it the companion and sign of studies for which the day is too short—studies that steal the gloss from the sunny hair, and the light from the over-taxed eye!”