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English Dictionary: weigh	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
weigh v have a certain weight show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" Synonym(s): consider, count, weigh determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken" Synonym(s): weigh, librate have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" Synonym(s): count, matter, weigh to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" Synonym(s): weigh, press
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weigh \Weigh\ (w[amac]), n. (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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weigh \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. w[84]gen, wiegen, to weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move, carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v[84]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. [bd]Weigh the vessel up.[b8] --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. [bd]A body weighing divers ounces.[b8] --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] [bd]I weigh not you.[b8] --Shak. All that she so dear did weigh. --Spenser. {To weigh down}. (a) To overbalance. (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. [bd]To weigh thy spirits down.[b8] --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weigh \Weigh\, v. i. 1. To have weight; to be heavy. [bd]They only weigh the heavier.[b8] --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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Weigh \Weigh\, n. [See {Wey}.] A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See {Wey}.