weigh

Meaning

To determine the weight of an object.
Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
To judge; to estimate.
To consider a subject.
To have a certain weight.
To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
To weigh anchor.
To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.

From Middle English weghen, weȝen, from Old English wegan, from Proto-West Germanic *wegan, from Proto-Germanic *weganą ("to move, carry, weigh"), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰeti, from *weǵʰ-.
Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. wedge, wagon, way, and vector.

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