- Cf. F. taxer. See Taxn.
- 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.
- LawTo assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court.
- 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.Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes.Fear not now that men should tax thine honor.
