Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tax \Tax\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taxed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Taxing}.] [Cf. F. taxer. See {Tax}, n.]
1. To subject to the payment of a tax or taxes; to impose a
tax upon; to lay a burden upon; especially, to exact money
from for the support of government.
We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride,
and folly than we are taxed by government.
--Franklin.
2. (Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount
of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.
3. To charge; to accuse; also, to censure; -- often followed
by with, rarely by of before an indirect object; as, to
tax a man with pride.
I tax you, you elements, with unkindness. --Shak.
Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have
taxed their crimes. --Dryden.
Fear not now that men should tax thine honor. --M.
Arnold.
Source : WordNet®
taxing
adj : not easily borne; wearing; "the burdensome task of preparing
the income tax return"; "my duties weren't onerous; I
only had to greet the guests"; "a taxing schedule"
[syn: {burdensome}, {onerous}]