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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Weigh \Weigh\ (w[=a]), noun (Naut.) A corruption of {Way}, used only in the phrase {under weigh}.
An expedition was got under weigh from New York. --Thackeray.
The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with considerable difficulty got under weigh. --Jowett (Thucyd.).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Weigh \Weigh\, noun [See {Wey}.] A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See {Wey}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Weigh \Weigh\, verb (used with an object) [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. w[aum]gen, wiegen, to weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move, carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v[aum]ga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth. gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. ????. See {Way}, and cf. {Wey}.]
1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor. "Weigh the vessel up." --Cowper.
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.
Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. --Dan. v. 27.
3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of. "A body weighing divers ounces." --Boyle.
4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.
They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. --Zech. xi. 12.
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.
A young man not weighed in state affairs. --Bacon.
Had no better weighed The strength he was to cope with, or his own. --Milton.
Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken. --Hooker.
In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. --Pope.
Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. --Sir W. Scott.
6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs. or Archaic] "I weigh not you." --Shak.
All that she so dear did weigh. --Spenser.
{To weigh down}. (a) To overbalance. (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. "To weigh thy spirits down." --Milton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Weigh \Weigh\, verb (used without an object)
1. To have weight; to be heavy. "They only weigh the heavier." --Cowper.
2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh. --Shak.
This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge. --Locke.
3. To bear heavily; to press hard.
Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart. --Shak.
4. To judge; to estimate. [R.]
Could not weigh of worthiness aright. --Spenser.
{To weigh down}, to sink by its own weight.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
verb
2: show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" [syn: {consider}, {count}, {weigh}]
3: determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken" [syn: {weigh}, {librate}]
4: have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" [syn: {count}, {matter}, {weigh}]
5: to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" [syn: {weigh}, {press}]
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