"beweigh" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: beweighs [present, singular, third-person], beweighing [participle, present], beweighed [participle, past], beweighed [past]
Etymology: From be- + weigh. Compare Dutch bewegen (“to move”) and German bewegen, rare German bewägen. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|weigh}} be- + weigh, {{cog|nl|bewegen||to move}} Dutch bewegen (“to move”), {{cog|de|bewegen}} German bewegen, {{cog|de|bewägen}} German bewägen Head templates: {{en-verb}} beweigh (third-person singular simple present beweighs, present participle beweighing, simple past and past participle beweighed)
  1. (transitive) To determine the weight of; weigh; consider. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-beweigh-en-verb-kSHWOXBJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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