WEIGH

vi to have weight; to be heavy.

2. weigh ·vi to bear heavily; to press hard.

3. weigh ·vt to pay, allot, take, or give by weight.

4. weigh ·noun a corruption of way, used only in the phrase under weigh.

5. weigh ·vt to consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

6. weigh ·vi to judge; to estimate.

7. weigh ·vi to be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.

8. weigh ·noun a certain quantity estimated by weight; an english measure of weight. ·see wey.

9. weigh ·vt to bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor.

10. weigh ·vt to be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.

11. weigh ·vt 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.

12. weigh ·vt 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.