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overtaxes

overtaxes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overtax.

Meaning of overtax

Verb

overtax (third-person singular simple present overtaxes, present participle overtaxing, simple past and past participle overtaxed)

  1. To tax to an excessive degree.
  2. To overburden.
    • The overtaxed shaft snapped.

Questions about overtaxes

What is overtaxes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overtaxes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overtax.

Words near overtaxes in the dictionary

  1. overtautness
  2. overtax
  3. overtaxation
  4. overtaxations
  5. overtaxed
  6. overtaxes
  7. overtaxing
  8. overteach
  9. overteaches
  10. overteaching
  11. overtechnical

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