Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WEIGH, v.i.

1. To have weight; as, to weigh lighter or heavier. – Brown.
2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance. This argument weighs with the considerate part of the community.
3. To bear heavily; to press hard. Cleanse the stuff'd bosom of that perilous stuff, / Which weighs upon the heart. – Shak. To weigh down, to sink by its own weight.