- Assess - Measure the heaviness of - A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh. - To bear up; to raise; to lift into the air; to swing up;
as, to weigh anchor. - To examine by the balance; to ascertain the weight of,
that is, the force with which a thing tends to the center of the earth;
to determine the heaviness, or quantity of matter of; as, to weigh
sugar; to weigh gold. - To be equivalent to in weight; to counterbalance; to have
the heaviness of. - To pay, allot, take, or give by weight.