Definitions of essay
-
To
try
or
attempt.
-
To
try:
to
attempt:
to
make
experiment
of:-
pr.
p.
essaying;
pa.
p.
essayed'.
-
To
attempt;
make
trial
of.
-
To
try;
attempt.
-
put
to
the
test,
as
for
its
quality,
or
give
experimental
use
to; "
This
approach
has
been
tried
with
good
results"; "
Test
this
recipe"
-
Essaying.
-
an
analytic
or
interpretive
literary
composition
-
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.
-
An
assay.
See
Assay,
n.
-
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.
-
To
test
the
value
and
purity
of (
metals);
to
assay.
See
Assay.
-
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.
-
A
literary
composition
on
some
special
subject;
an
attempt;
experiment.
-
A
trial:
an
experiment:
a
written
composition
less
elaborate
than
a
treatise.
-
A
trial;
brief
treatise.
-
A
composition
on
some
special
subject.
-
An
effort
made
for
the
performance
of
anything;
trial;
a
test;
a
composition
in
brief
informal
treatment
of
some
subject.
-
An
attempt;
an
endeavour;
an
effort;
a
trial
or
experiment;
a
written
composition
on
a
practical
subject,
less
formal
or
extended
than
a
treatise.
-
Essayed.
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