資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.