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Bible Dictionaries
Weigh
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have the heaviness of.
(2):
(n.) A certain quantity estimated by weight; an English measure of weight. See Wey.
(3):
(v. t.) 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.
(4):
(v. i.) To judge; to estimate.
(5):
(v. i.) To bear heavily; to press hard.
(6):
(v. i.) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
(7):
(n.) A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.
(8):
(v. i.) To have weight; to be heavy.
(9):
(v. t.) To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.
(10):
(v. t.) 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.
(11):
(v. t.) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.
(12):
(v. t.) To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up; as, to weigh anchor.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Weigh'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/w/weigh.html. 1828.
