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(1):

(v. t.) Importance; power; influence; efficacy; consequence; moment; impressiveness; as, a consideration of vast weight.

(2):

(v. t.) A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used for ascertaining the weight of other bodies; as, an ounce weight.

(3):

(v. t.) The resistance against which a machine acts, as opposed to the power which moves it.

(4):

(v. t.) To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the weight, etc.

(5):

(v. t.) The quantity of heaviness; comparative tendency to the center of the earth; the quantity of matter as estimated by the balance, or expressed numerically with reference to some standard unit; as, a mass of stone having the weight of five hundred pounds.

(6):

(v. t.) The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially when expressed in certain units or standards, as pounds, grams, etc.

(7):

(v. t.) To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.

(8):

(v. t.) To assign a weight to; to express by a number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See Weight of observations, under Weight.

(9):

(v. t.) A scale, or graduated standard, of heaviness; a mode of estimating weight; as, avoirdupois weight; troy weight; apothecaries' weight.

(10):

(v. t.) A ponderous mass; something heavy; as, a clock weight; a paper weight.

(11):

(v. t.) Hence, pressure; burden; as, the weight of care or business.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Weight'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​w/weight.html. 1828.
 
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