'Taxed' definitions:

Definition of 'Taxed'

From: GCIDE
  • Tax \Tax\ (t[a^]ks), 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. [1913 Webster]
  • We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride, and folly than we are taxed by government. --Franklin. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Law) To assess, fix, or determine judicially, the amount of; as, to tax the cost of an action in court. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • I tax you, you elements, with unkindness. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Men's virtues I have commended as freely as I have taxed their crimes. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • Fear not now that men should tax thine honor. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]