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.
{Weighing cage}, a cage in which small living animals may be
conveniently weighed.
{Weighing house}. See {Weigh-house}.
{Weighing machine}, any large machine or apparatus for
weighing; especially, platform scales arranged for
weighing heavy bodies, as loaded wagons.