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weigh an argument against another

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  • weigh — v. 1) to weigh heavily 2) (d; intr.) ( to count ) to weigh against (his testimony will weigh heavily against you) 3) (d; tr.) ( to balance ) to weigh against (to weigh one argument against another) 4) (d; intr.) ( to press ) to weigh on (legal… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • weigh — weigh1 [wā] vt. [ME weien, to weigh, bear < OE wegan, to carry, bear, akin to Ger weigan, wägen < IE base * weĝh , to go, draw > OE wæg, a wave, L vehere, to carry, bring] 1. to determine the weight of by means of a scale or balance 2.… …   English World dictionary

  • weigh — weigh1 verb 1》 find out how heavy (someone or something) is.     ↘have a specified weight.     ↘balance (something) in the hands to assess its weight.     ↘(weigh something out) measure and take out a portion of a particular weight.     ↘(weigh… …   English new terms dictionary

  • weigh — 1. v. 1 tr. find the weight of. 2 tr. balance in the hands to guess or as if to guess the weight of. 3 tr. (often foll. by out) a take a definite weight of; take a specified weight from a larger quantity. b distribute in exact amounts by weight.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Historical Criticism — • The art of distinguishing the true from the false concerning facts of the past Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Historical Criticism     Historical Criticism      …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …   Universalium

  • evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… …   Universalium

  • Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

  • Enlightenment (The Scottish) — The Scottish Enlightenment M.A.Stewart INTRODUCTION The term ‘Scottish Enlightenment’ is used to characterize a hundred years of intellectual and cultural endeavour that started around the second decade of the eighteenth century. Our knowledge of …   History of philosophy

  • Utilitarianism — This article discusses utilitarian ethical theory. For a discussion of John Stuart Mill s book Utilitarianism, see Utilitarianism (book). For the architectural theory, see Utilitarianism (architecture) Part of a series on …   Wikipedia

  • The Skeptical Environmentalist — Infobox Book name = The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World title orig = Verdens Sande Tilstand translator = image caption = author = Bjørn Lomborg illustrator = cover artist = country = language = series = subject …   Wikipedia

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