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fortax

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-t-ax
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To tax heavily; burden.

Obsolete; Transitive verb

Etymology

From Middle English fortaxen. By surface analysis, for- + tax.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

fortaxes (present, singular) fortaxing (participle, present) fortaxed (participle, past) fortaxed (past)

Questions

What does fortax mean?
To tax heavily; burden.
Where does fortax come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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