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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
essay
n 1: an analytic or interpretive literary composition
2: a tentative attempt
v 1: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his
fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The
police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve
himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn:
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay]
2: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use
to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test
this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out,
examine, essay]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Essay \Es*say"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Essayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Essaying.] [F. essayer. See Essay, n.]
1. To exert one's power or faculties upon; to make an effort
to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or
trial of; to try.
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What marvel if I thus essay to sing? --Byron.
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Essaying nothing she can not perform. --Emerson.
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A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should
essay the impossible. --J. C.
Shairp.
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2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See
Assay. [Obs.] --Locke.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Essay \Es"say\, n.; pl. Essays. [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a
weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf.
examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue
of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr.
'exa`gion a weight, 'exagia`zein to examine, 'exa`gein to
drive out, export. See Agent, and cf. Exact, Examine,
Assay.]
1. An effort made, or exertion of body or mind, for the
performance of anything; a trial; attempt; as, to make an
essay to benefit a friend. "The essay at organization."
--M. Arnold.
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2. (Lit.) A composition treating of any particular subject;
-- usually shorter and less methodical than a formal,
finished treatise; as, an essay on the life and writings
of Homer; an essay on fossils, or on commerce.
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3. An assay. See Assay, n. [Obs.]
Syn: Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise;
dissertation; disquisition.
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Thesaurus Results for Essay:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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