WEIGH, v.t. wa. [L., G. See Wag.] 1. To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight, that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of gravity; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.2. To be equivalent to in weight; that is, according to the Saxon sense of the verb, to lift to an equipoise a weight on the other side of the fulcrum. Thus when a body balances a weight of twenty eight pounds avoirdupois, it lifts or bears it, and is said to weigh so much. It weighs a quarter of a hundred.3. To raise; to lift; as an anchor from the ground, or any other body; as, to weigh anchor; to weigh an old hulk.4. To pay, allot or take by weight.They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. Zechariah 11.5. To ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; as, to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of a scheme.Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken.6. To compare by the scales.Here in nice balance truth with gold she weighs.7. To regard; to consider as worthy of notice.I weigh not you.To weigh down, 1. To overbalance.2. To oppress with weight; to depress.WEIGH, v.i. 1. To have weight; as, to weigh lighter or heavier.2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance. This argument weighs with the considerate part of the community.3. To bear heavily; to press hard.--Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff, which weighs upon the heart.To weigh down, to sink by its own weight.WEIGH, n. A certain quantity. A weigh of wool, cheese, &c., is 256 lb. Avoirdupois; a weigh of corn is forty bushels; of barly or malt, six quarters.
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