weigh

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Weighed p. pr. & vb. n. Weighing. ] [ OE. weien, weyen, weghen, AS. wegan to bear, move; akin to D. wegen to weigh, G. wägen, wiegen, to weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move, carry, lift, weigh, Sw. väga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth. gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Way, and cf. Wey. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor. “Weigh the vessel up.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth; to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. Dan. v. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of. “A body weighing divers ounces.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. Zech. xi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To examine or test as if by the balance; to ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; to estimate deliberately and maturely; to balance. [ 1913 Webster ]

A young man not weighed in state affairs. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had no better weighed
The strength he was to cope with, or his own. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [ Obs. or Archaic ] “I weigh not you.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that she so dear did weigh. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

To weigh down. (a) To overbalance. (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. “To weigh thy spirits down.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To have weight; to be heavy. “They only weigh the heavier.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To bear heavily; to press hard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To judge; to estimate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Could not weigh of worthiness aright. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

To weigh down, to sink by its own weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Wey. ] A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being weighed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A duty or toil paid for weighing merchandise. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of large steelyard for weighing merchandise; -- also called weighmaster's beam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) Clay intersecting a vein. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A weighing machine on which loaded carts may be weighed; platform scales. [ 1913 Webster ]