fortax

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verb

To tax heavily; burden.

OriginMiddle English fortaxen →
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Meanings

verbfortax (third-person singular simple present fortaxes, present participle fortaxing, simple past and past participle fortaxed)

present singular third person fortaxes · participle present fortaxing · participle past fortaxed · past fortaxed

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo tax heavily; burden.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishfortaxen
  2. Englishfortax

From Middle English fortaxen. By surface analysis, for- + tax.

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Chicago

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