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weigh
English
Alternative forms
- waye, weye (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English weghen, we?en, from Old English wegan, from Proto-Germanic *wegan? (“to move, carry, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wé??eti, from *we??- (“to bring, transport”). Cognate with Scots wey or weich, Dutch wegen, German wiegen, wägen, Danish veje, Norwegian Bokmål veie, Norwegian Nynorsk vega. Doublet of wedge, wagon, way, and vector.
Pronunciation
- enPR: w?, IPA(key): /we?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- Homophones: way, wey, whey (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
Verb
weigh (third-person singular simple present weighs, present participle weighing, simple past and past participle weighed)
- (transitive) To determine the weight of an object.
- (transitive) Often with "out", to measure a certain amount of something by its weight, e.g. for sale.
- (transitive, figuratively) To determine the intrinsic value or merit of an object, to evaluate.
- (intransitive, figuratively, obsolete) To judge; to estimate.
- (transitive) To consider a subject. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive) To have a certain weight.
- (intransitive) To have weight; to be heavy; to press down.
- They only weigh the heavier.
- (intransitive) To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance.
- (transitive, nautical) To raise an anchor free of the seabed.
- (intransitive, nautical) To weigh anchor.
- To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up.
- (obsolete) To consider as worthy of notice; to regard.
Usage notes
- In commercial and everyday use, the term "weight" is usually used to mean mass, and the verb "to weigh" means "to determine the mass of" or "to have a mass of".
Derived terms
Related terms
- weight
Translations
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meditate
English
Etymology
From Latin meditatus, past participle of meditari (“to think or reflect upon, consider, design, purpose, intend”), in form as if frequentative of mederi (“to heal, to cure, to remedy”); in sense and in form near to Greek ?????? (meletô, “to care for, attend to, study, practise, etc.”)
Pronunciation
Verb
meditate (third-person singular simple present meditates, present participle meditating, simple past and past participle meditated)
- (intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
- (intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.
- (transitive) To consider; to reflect on.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:ponder
Related terms
- meditative
- meditation
- meditator
Translations
Further reading
- meditate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- meditate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- admittee, datetime
Italian
Verb
meditate
- second-person plural present indicative of meditare
- second-person plural imperative of meditare
- feminine plural of meditato
Latin
Participle
medit?te
- vocative masculine singular of medit?tus
References
- meditate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- meditate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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