Weigh (?), v. i. 1. To have weight; to be heavy. “They only weigh the heavier.” Cowper.
2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
Your vows to her and me... will even weigh. Shak.
This objection ought to weigh with those whose reading is designed for much talk and little knowledge. Locke.
3. To bear heavily; to press hard.
Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart. Shak.
4. To judge; to estimate.
Could not weigh of worthiness aright. Spenser.
To weigh down, to sink by its own weight.