Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WEIGH, v.t. [wa; Sax. wæg, weg, a balance; wægan, to weigh, to bear, to carry, L. veho; D. weegen, wikken; G. wögen; Sw. väga; Dan. vejer, to weigh; Russ. vaga, a balance; Amharic, አዋቂ, awaki, weight. See Wag.]

1. To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight, that; is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of gravity; as, to weigh sugar; to weigh gold.
2. To be equivalent to in weight; that is, according to the Saxon sense of the verb, to lift to an equipoise a weight on the other side of the fulcrum. Thus when a body balances a weight of twenty-eight pounds avoirdupois, it lifts or bears it, and is said to weigh so much. It weighs a quarter of a hundred.
3. To raise; to lift; as an anchor from the ground, or any other body; as, to weigh anchor; to weigh an old hulk.
4. To pay, allot or take by weight. They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. – Zech. xi.
5. To ponder in the mind; to consider or examine for the purpose of forming an opinion or coming to a conclusion; as, to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of a scheme. Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only what is spoken. – Hooker.
6. To compare by the scales. Here in nice balance truth with gold she weighs. – Pope.
7. To regard; to consider as worthy of notice. I weigh not you. – Shak. To weigh down, to overbalance. #2. To oppress with weight; to depress.