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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.]
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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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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 English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
weighed
vb.
(infl of en weigh ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
weighed
vb.
(infl of en weigh ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
weighed
vb.
(infl of en weigh ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
weighed
vb.
(infl of en weigh ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
weighed
Englanti vb.
(en-v-taivm w eigh ed)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
weighed
Engelska a.
(avledning en weigh ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb weigh)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Weighed /wˈeɪd/ موزونFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
weighed /wˈeɪd/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]zvážený
weighed /wˈeɪd/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]uvažovaný
weighed /wˈeɪd/
gelastet
"it weighed on" - es lastete auf
see: weigh, weighing
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
weighed /wˈeɪd/
gewogen, gewägt, abgewogen
"I/he/she weighed" - ich/er/sie wog
"he/she has/had weighed" - er/sie hat/hatte gewogen
see: weigh, weighing, Look before you leap.
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]/ˈweɪd/