overt-axing

verb (used with object)

to tax too heavily.

to make too great demands on.

Origin:
1640–50; over- + tax

Related forms

o·ver·tax·a·tion, noun

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overtax (ˌəʊvəˈtæks)

—vb
1.	to tax too heavily
2.	to impose too great a strain on

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