weigh

1. (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.transitive

2. (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.Examples: "He weighed out two kilos of oranges for a client."transitive

3. (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.Examples: "You have been weighed in the balance and found wanting."; "As they started picking features, customers would carefully weigh the choices, but as decision fatigue set in they'd start settling for whatever the default option was."figurativelytransitive

4. (intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To judge; to estimate.Examples: "But ſhe thereof grew proud and inſolent, / That none ſhe worthie thought to be her fere, / But ſcornd them all, that loue vnto her ment; / Yet was ſhe lou’d of many a worthy pere, / Vnworthy ſhe to be belou’d ſo dere, / That could not weigh of worthineſſe aright."figurativelyintransitiveobsolete

5. (transitive) To consider a subject.transitive

6. (intransitive, copulative, stative) To have a certain weight.Examples: "I weigh ten and a half stone."copulativeintransitivestative