(wā) v.t.
1. To determine the weight of, as by measuring on a scale or balance.
2. To balance or hold in the hand so as to estimate weight or heaviness.
3. To measure (a quantity or quantities of something) according to weight; with out.
4. To consider carefully; estimate the worth or advantages of: to weigh a proposal.
5. To press or force down by weight or heaviness; burden or oppress: with down.
6. To raise or hoist: now only in the phrase to weigh anchor.
7. Obs. To think well of; esteem; regard.
—v.i.
8. To have weight; be heavy to a specified degree: She weighs ninety pounds.
9. To have influence or importance: The girl's testimony weighed heavily with the jury.
10. To be burdensome or oppressive: with on or upon: What weighs on your mind?
11. Naut. a To raise anchor. b To begin to sail. See synonyms under CONSIDER, DELIBERATE, EXAMINE.
—to weigh in
1. Of a prize fighter or other contestant, to be weighed before a contest.
2. In racing, to be weighed, as a jockey, after a race.
—to weigh one's words To consider one's words carefully before speaking them.
—to weigh out In racing, to be weighed, as a jockey, before a race. ♦ Homophone: way. [OE wegan weight, carry, lift]
—weigh′er noun

(wā) noun
Way: used in the phrase under weigh by mistaken analogy with aweigh. See AWEIGH. ♦ Homophone: way. [Var. of WAY; infl. in form by weigh¹, in phrase “weigh anchor”]