verb
- Have a certain weight.
- Show consideration for; take into account.
- usage: "You must consider her age"; "The judge considered the offender's youth and was lenient"
- Determine the weight of.
- usage: "The butcher weighed the chicken"
- synonyms: librate
- Have weight; have import, carry weight.
- usage: "It does not matter much"
- To be oppressive or burdensome.
- usage: "weigh heavily on the mind, "Something pressed on his mind"
- synonyms: press
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