weather \weath"er\, v. t. imp.  p. p. weathered; p. pr. 
   vb. n. weathering.
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   1. to expose to the air; to air; to season by exposure to
      air.
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            an eagle soaring through his wide empire of the
            air
            to weather his broad sails.           --spenser.
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            this gear lacks weathering.           --latimer.
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   2. hence, to sustain the trying effect of; to bear up against
      and overcome; to sustain; to endure; to resist; as, to
      weather the storm.
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            for i can weather the roughest gale.  --longfellow.
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            you will weather the difficulties yet. --f. w.
                                                  robertson.
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   3. naut. to sail or pass to the windward of; as, to weather
      a cape; to weather another ship.
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   4. falconry to place a hawk unhooded in the open air.
      --encyc. brit.
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   to weather a point.
      a naut. to pass a point of land, leaving it on the lee
          side.
      b hence, to gain or accomplish anything against
          opposition.

   to weather out, to encounter successfully, though with
      difficulty; as, to weather out a storm.
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see also:
weathered weathering to weather a point to weather out