Definition of Weigh

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Definition of Weigh

Weigh

A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.

To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor.

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.

To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.

To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.

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.

To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

To have weight; to be heavy.

To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.

To bear heavily; to press hard.

To judge; to estimate.

A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.

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Weigh Quotations

'Tis best to weigh the enemy more mighty than he seems.
William Shakespeare

I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird.
Coco Chanel

Prosperity is no just scale; adversity is the only balance to weigh friends.
Plutarch

Day by day we should weigh what we have granted to the spirit of the world against what we have denied to the spirit of Jesus, in thought and especially in deed.
Albert Schweitzer

Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
Immanuel Kant

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.
Francis Bacon

There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary.
Dave Barry

It is not the cares of today, but the cares of tomorrow, that weigh a man down.
George MacDonald

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
Herodotus

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
Lord Chesterfield

Weigh Translations

weigh in Danish is veje
weigh in Dutch is het gewicht bepalen, wegen, afwegen
weigh in Finnish is painaa
weigh in French is pesez, pesons, peser, pesent
weigh in Italian is pesare
weigh in Latin is consulto
weigh in Portuguese is pese
weigh in Spanish is balancear, pesar

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