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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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. [1913 Webster] Thou
art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. --Dan. v.
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To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance;
to have the heaviness of. "A body weighing divers ounces." --Boyle.
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To pay, allot, take, or give by weight. [1913
Webster] They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. --Zech.
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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. [1913 Webster] A young man
not weighed in state affairs. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Had no better
weighed The strength he was to cope with, or his own. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only
what is spoken. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] In nice balance, truth
with gold she weighs. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Without sufficiently
weighing his expressions. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs.
or Archaic] "I weigh not you." --Shak. [1913 Webster] All that she
so dear did weigh. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 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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