different between heavily vs fortax

English

Alternative forms

• heauily (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English hevely, hevyliche, from Old English hefi?l??e (“heavily; grievously”), equivalent to heavy +? -ly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?v?li/

Adverb

heavily (comparative more heavily, superlative most heavily)

1. In a heavy manner.
2. With a great weight.

3. To a considerable degree, to a great extent.

   • An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

4. In a manner designed for heavy duty.
5. So as to be thick or heavy.

6. In a laboured manner.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English fortaxen, equivalent to for- +? tax.

Verb

fortax (third-person singular simple present fortaxes, present participle fortaxing, simple past and past participle fortaxed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To tax heavily; burden.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (phórtax, “bearer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?for.ta?ks/, [?f?rt?ä?ks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?for.taks/, [?f?rt??ks]

Noun

fort?x m (genitive fort?cis); third declension

1. The basis on which a furnace rests

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• fortax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fortax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette