tax (v.) Copy link Outline I. To impose a t.II. To upbraid, twit • tax (v.): I. To impose a t.: expr. by vectīgal, stipendium imponere, indicere, v. tax (subs.): or by censēre, v. assess. Fig.: onus imponere, v. burden. Phr.: he t.s himself to the utmost, contendit omnes nervos, Cic. Fat. 10, 21: to t. a bill of costs (leg. t. t.), perh. aestimare litem. II. To upbraid, twit: taxo, 1: he t.s him with his divorce, t. divortium suum, Suet. Dom. 10, ad fin.: v. reproach, charge.