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Meaning of OVERTAX

Pronunciation:  `owvur'taks

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [v]  tax excessively; "Don't overtax my constituents!"
 
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\O`ver*tax"\, v. t.
To tax or to task too heavily.
 
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