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weighed
(encz) | weighed,uvažovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
weighed
(encz) | weighed,zvážený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Weighed
(gcide) | 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[aum]gen, wiegen, to
weigh, bewegen to move, OHG. wegan, Icel. vega to move,
carry, lift, weigh, Sw. v[aum]ga to weigh, Dan. veie, Goth.
gawigan to shake, L. vehere to carry, Skr. vah. ????. See
Way, and cf. Wey.]
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1. To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up;
as, to weigh anchor. "Weigh the vessel up." --Cowper.
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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.
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Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found
wanting. --Dan. v. 27.
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3. To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have
the heaviness of. "A body weighing divers ounces."
--Boyle.
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4. To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.
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They weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.
--Zech. xi.
12.
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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.
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A young man not weighed in state affairs. --Bacon.
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Had no better weighed
The strength he was to cope with, or his own.
--Milton.
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Regard not who it is which speaketh, but weigh only
what is spoken. --Hooker.
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In nice balance, truth with gold she weighs. --Pope.
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Without sufficiently weighing his expressions. --Sir
W. Scott.
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6. To consider as worthy of notice; to regard. [Obs. or
Archaic] "I weigh not you." --Shak.
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All that she so dear did weigh. --Spenser.
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To weigh down.
(a) To overbalance.
(b) To oppress with weight; to overburden; to depress. "To
weigh thy spirits down." --Milton.
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outweighed
(encz) | outweighed,převážený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
weighed
(encz) | weighed,uvažovaný adj: Zdeněk Brožweighed,zvážený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
weighed down
(encz) | weighed down,obtížen adj: |
Unweighed
(gcide) | Unweighed \Un*weighed"\, a.
Not weighed; not pondered or considered; as, an unweighed
statement.
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weighed down
(wn) | weighed down
adj 1: full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit";
"vines weighed down with grapes" [syn: heavy, {weighed
down}]
2: heavily burdened with work or cares; "bowed down with
troubles"; "found himself loaded down with responsibilities";
"overburdened social workers"; "weighed down with cares"
[syn: bowed down(p), loaded down(p), overburdened,
weighed down(p)] |
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