Weigh

n.	1.	(Naut.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh. An expedition was got under weigh from New York. - Thackeray. The Athenians . . . hurried on board and with considerable difficulty got under weigh. - Jowett (Thucyd.).
v. t.	1.	[imp. & p. p. Weighed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Weighing.]
	1.	To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor.
	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. Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. - Dan. v. 27.
	3.	To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.
	4.	To pay, allot, take, or give by weight. They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. - Zech. xi. 12.
	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. A young man not weighed in state affairs. - Bacon. Had no better weighed The strength he was to cope with, or his own. - Milton. Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken. - Hooker. In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. - Pope. Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. - Sir W. Scott.
	6.	To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. All that she so dear did weigh. - Spenser. To weigh down a - To overbalance. b - To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. - Milton.
v. i.	1.	To have weight; to be heavy.
	2.	To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance. Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh. - Shak. This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge. - Locke.
	3.	To bear heavily; to press hard. Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart. - Shak.
	4.	To judge; to estimate. Could not weigh of worthiness aright. - Spenser. To weigh down to sink by its own weight.
n.	1.	A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.

Verb	1.	weigh - have a certain weight
	2.	weigh - show consideration for; take into account; "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient" Synonyms: count, consider
	3.	weigh - determine the weight of; "The butcher weighed the chicken" Synonyms: librate
	4.	weigh - have weight; have import, carry weight; "It does not matter much" Synonyms: matter, count
	5.	weigh - to be oppressive or burdensome; "weigh heavily on the mind", "Something pressed on his mind" Synonyms: press

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