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   Tax (tăks), 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.
   
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   We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride, and folly than we are taxed by government. Franklin.
   
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   2. (Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, “to tax the cost of an action in court”.
   
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   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”.
   
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   I tax you, you elements, with unkindness. Shak.
   
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   Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. Dryden.
   
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   Fear not now that men should tax thine honor. M. Arnold.
   
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