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.
The arrows of satire, . . . weighted with sense.
Coleridge.
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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Weight"i*ly (?), adv. In a weighty manner.
Weight"i*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being weighty; weight;
force; importance; impressiveness.
Weight"less, a. Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light. Shak.