WEIGH (3)

Weigh (?), v. i. 1. 1. To have weight; to be heavy. “They only weigh the heavier.” Cowper.
2. 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. 3. To bear heavily; to press hard.
Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart. Shak. 4. 4. To judge; to estimate.
Could not weigh of worthiness aright. Spenser. To weigh down, to sink by its own weight.