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Weigh (w&ā;), 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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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&ä;gen, wiegen, to weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move, carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v&ä;ga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth. gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. 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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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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Weigh, n. [See Wey.] A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.
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