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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Weigh \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["a]gen, wiegen, to
     weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move,
     carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v["a]ga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth.
     gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. ????. See
     Way, and cf. Wey.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Weighing \Weigh"ing\,
     a. & n. from Weigh, v.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Weighing cage, a cage in which small living animals may be
        conveniently weighed.
  
     Weighing house. See Weigh-house.
  
     Weighing machine, any large machine or apparatus for
        weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for
        weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Weigh \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["a]gen, wiegen, to
     weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move,
     carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v["a]ga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth.
     gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. ????. See
     Way, and cf. Wey.]
     1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up;
        as, to weigh anchor. ``Weigh the vessel up.'' --Cowper.
  
     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. ``A body weighing divers ounces.''
        --Boyle.
  
     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. [Obs. or
        Archaic] ``I weigh not you.'' --Shak.
  
              All that she so dear did weigh.       --Spenser.
  
     To weigh down.
        (a) To overbalance.
        (b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress.
            ``To weigh thy spirits down.'' --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Weighing \Weigh"ing\,
     a. & n. from Weigh, v.
  
     Weighing cage, a cage in which small living animals may be
        conveniently weighed.
  
     Weighing house. See Weigh-house.
  
     Weighing machine, any large machine or apparatus for
        weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for
        weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  weighing
       n : careful consideration; "a little deliberation would have
           deterred them" [syn: deliberation, advisement]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  weighing
     a.
     That weighs or burdens.
     n.
     The process by which something is weighed.
     vb.
     (present participle of en weigh nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  weighing
     a.
     That weighs or burdens.
     n.
     The process by which something is weighed.
     vb.
     (present participle of en weigh nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  weighing
     a.
     That weighs or burdens.
     n.
     The process by which something is weighed.
     vb.
     (present participle of en weigh nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  weighing
     a.
     That weighs or burdens.
     n.
     The process by which something is weighed.
     vb.
     (present participle of en weigh nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  weighing
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm w eigh ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  weighing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en weigh ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb weigh)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  weighing /wˈeɪɪŋ/
  baskule

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Weighing /wˈeɪɪŋ/
  الوزن

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  weighing //ˈweɪ.ɪŋ// 
  претегляне
  weighing

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  weighing /wˈeɪɪŋ/ 
  vážení