n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1647
1 : to oppress with a burden < weight ed down with cares>
2 a : to load or make heavy with or as if with a weight b : to increase in heaviness by adding an ingredient
3 a : WEIGH 1 b : to feel the weight of : HEFT
4 : to assign a statistical weight to
5 : to cause to incline in a particular direction by manipulation <the tax structure ⋯ which was weight ed so heavily in favor of the upper classes ― A. S. Link>
6 : to shift the burden of weight upon < weight the inside ski>