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Definitions for: Weigh
[v] show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
[v] have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much"
[v] to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind"
[v] determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken"
[v] have a certain weight
Webster (1913) Definition: Weigh (w[=a]), 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.).
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["a]gen, wiegen, to
weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move,
carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v["a]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.
Weigh, v. i.
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.
Weigh, n. [See Wey.]
A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of
weight. See Wey.
Synonyms: consider, count, count, librate, matter
See Also: be, consult, heft, interest, matter to, measure, press, quantify, weigh
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