SINCE 1828
reweigh
verb
re·weigh
| \ (ˌ)rē-ˈwā
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reweighed;
reweighing
Definition of reweigh
: to weigh (something or someone) again: such as
a
: to take a new measurement of the heaviness of (something or someone)
took out two oranges and reweighed the bag Those babies not regaining their birth weight by day 10 were reweighed at 2 weeks of age.— P. D. Macdonald et al.
b
: to evaluate or consider (something) again
reweighed the evidence … agonized over the advice, weighing and reweighing the pros and cons.— Barbara Gill
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