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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Weight \Weight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Weighted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Weighting}.]
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1. To load with a weight or weights; to load down; to make
heavy; to attach weights to; as, to weight a horse or a
jockey at a race; to weight a whip handle.
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The arrows of satire, . . . weighted with sense.
--Coleridge.
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2. (Astron. & Physics) To assign a weight to; to express by a
number the probable accuracy of, as an observation. See
{Weight of observations}, under {Weight}.
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3. (Dyeing) To load (fabrics) as with barite, to increase the
weight, etc.
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4. (Math.) to assign a numerical value expressing relative
importance to (a measurement), to be multiplied by the
value of the measurement in determining averages or other
aggregate quantities; as, they weighted part one of the
test twice as heavily as part 2.
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