Home › Words › F › fortaxfortaxfortax means to tax heavily; burden.EtymologyFrom Middle English fortaxen. By surface analysis, for- + tax.verbTo tax heavily; burden.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.hypertaxation 63% match — Very heavy taxation. vs fortax →betaxed 61% match — Subject to the payment of tax. vs fortax →maltaxation 58% match — Taxation imposed in an exaggerate, unjust, or unlawful way. vs fortax →taxlike 58% match — Resembling or characteristic of a tax. vs fortax →burdenful 58% match — Marked by burdens. vs fortax →fortread 58% match — To tread down; tread underfoot; trample upon; crush; destroy by trampling. vs fortax →thrack 56% match — To load or burden. vs fortax →burdenous 56% match — Heavy; oppressive. vs fortax →