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weighable

Variant of weigh

transitive verb

  1. to determine the weight of by means of a scale or balance
  2. to have (a specified) weight [it weighs ten pounds]: orig. construed as a vi. and still so construed when used with an adverb
  3. weight ()
  4. to lift or balance (an object) in the hand or hands, in order to estimate its heaviness or weight
  5. to measure out, dole out, or apportion, by or as by weight: often with out
    1. to consider and choose carefully: to weigh one's words
    2. to balance or ponder in the mind; consider in order to make a choice: to weigh one plan against another
  6. Naut. weigh anchor under anchor

intransitive verb

  1. to have significance, importance, or influence: his word weighed heavily with the jury
  2. to be a burden; press or bear down: with on or upon: the theft weighed on my mind
  3. Naut. weigh anchor (see phrase under anchor)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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