weigh+heavily+upon
11weigh — I verb balance, bear heavily, burden, cogitate, consider, considerare, contemplate, cumber, deliberate, determine the heaviness of, encumber, estimate, evaluate, examine, find the weight of, gauge, load down, measure according to weight, meditate …
12weigh — weigh1 weighable, adj. weigher, n. /way/, v.t. 1. to determine or ascertain the force that gravitation exerts upon (a person or thing) by use of a balance, scale, or other mechanical device: to weigh oneself; to weigh potatoes; to weigh gases. 2 …
13weigh — I. v. a. 1. Bear up, raise, swing up, lift so that it hangs in the air. 2. Try in the balance, find the weight of, determine the heaviness of. 3. Counterbalance, be equivalent to in weight, have the heaviness of. 4. Pay, allot, take by weight. 5 …
14To weigh down — Weigh Weigh, v. i. 1. To have weight; to be heavy. They only weigh the heavier. Cowper. [1913 Webster] 2. To be considered as important; to have weight in the intellectual balance. [1913 Webster] Your vows to her and me . . . will even weigh.… …
15press — I. /prɛs / (say pres) verb (pressed or, Archaic, prest, pressing) –verb (t) 1. to act upon with weight or force. 2. to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position. 3. to compress or squeeze, as to alter in shape or… …
16press — press1 pressable, adj. /pres/, v.t. 1. to act upon with steadily applied weight or force. 2. to move by weight or force in a certain direction or into a certain position: The crowd pressed him into a corner. 3. to compress or squeeze, as to alter …
17Kelson Haldane (Gwynedd) — Kelson Haldane of Gwynedd is a fictional character in the Deryni series of historical fantasy novels by Katherine Kurtz.Character introductionKelson Cinhil Rhys Anthony Haldane is the twenty sixth King of Gwynedd, ascending to the throne in the… …
18trouble — v 1. worry, alarm, upset, agitate, shake up, distress, concern; perturb, disturb, disquiet, discompose, discountenance, fluster, flutter, flurry, distract, unsettle, put out; confuse, bewilder, baffle, perplex, confound. 2. inconvenience, burden …
19oppress — v. a. 1. Load, burden, weigh heavily upon, bear hard upon. 2. Overburden, crush, overwhelm, overpower, subdue. 3. Persecute, wrong, maltreat, treat cruelly, tyrannize over …
20oppress — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French oppresser, from Latin oppressus, past participle of opprimere, from ob against + premere to press more at ob , press Date: 14th century 1. a. archaic suppress b. to crush or burden by… …
