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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
weigh
    v 1: have a certain weight
    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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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[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.]
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   1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up;
      as, to weigh anchor. "Weigh the vessel up." --Cowper.
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   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.
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            Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found
            wanting.                              --Dan. v. 27.
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   3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have
      the heaviness of. "A body weighing divers ounces."
      --Boyle.
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   4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.
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            They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
                                                  --Zech. xi.
                                                  12.
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   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.
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            A young man not weighed in state affairs. --Bacon.
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            Had no better weighed
            The strength he was to cope with, or his own.
                                                  --Milton.
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            Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only
            what is spoken.                       --Hooker.
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            In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. --Pope.
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            Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. --Sir
                                                  W. Scott.
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   6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs. or
      Archaic] "I weigh not you." --Shak.
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            All that she so dear did weigh.       --Spenser.
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   To weigh down.
      (a) To overbalance.
      (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. "To
          weigh thy spirits down." --Milton.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Weigh \Weigh\ (w[=a]), n. (Naut.)
   A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.
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         An expedition was got under weigh from New York.
                                                  --Thackeray.
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         The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with
         considerable difficulty got under weigh. --Jowett
                                                  (Thucyd.).
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Weigh \Weigh\, v. i.
   1. To have weight; to be heavy. "They only weigh the
      heavier." --Cowper.
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   2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the
      intellectual balance.
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            Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh.
                                                  --Shak.
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            This objection ought to weigh with those whose
            reading is designed for much talk and little
            knowledge.                            --Locke.
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   3. To bear heavily; to press hard.
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            Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff
            Which weighs upon the heart.          --Shak.
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   4. To judge; to estimate. [R.]
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            Could not weigh of worthiness aright. --Spenser.
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   To weigh down, to sink by its own weight.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Weigh \Weigh\, n. [See Wey.]
   A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of
   weight. See Wey.
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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