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Essay Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Essay?
[n] a tentative attempt
[n] an analytic or interpretive literary composition [v] 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" [v] put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe" Synonyms | Synonyms for Essay: assay | attempt | seek | try Related Terms | Find terms related to Essay: acid test | approach | article | assay | attempt | autograph | bid | blank determination | brainchild | bring to test | brouillon | causerie | chance | composition | computer printout | confirm | copy | crack | criterion | crucial test | crucible | cut and try | descant | determination | discourse | discussion | disquisition | dissertation | docimasy | document | draft | edited version | effort | endeavor | engage | engrossment | etude | examination | excursus | exertion | experiment | explication | exposition | fair copy | feature | feeling out | fiction | final draft | finished version | first approach | first draft | flimsy | fling | gambit | give a try | give a tryout | go | go about | hassle | have a go | holograph | homily | introductory study | kiteflying | labor | letter | lick | lift a finger | literae scriptae | literary artefact | literary production | literature | lucubration | make an attempt | make an effort | manuscript | matter | memoir | monograph | morceau | move | nonfiction | note | offer | opus | ordeal | original | outline | pandect | paper | paragraph | parchment | penscript | piece | piece of writing | play | play around with | poem | practice upon | preliminary study | printed matter | printout | probation | production | prolegomenon | proof | prove | put to trial | reading matter | recension | research | research paper | road-test | rough draft | rough sketch | run a sample | sample | screed | scrip | script | scrive | scroll | second draft | seek | shake down | shot | sketch | sounding out | special article | stab | standard | step | strive | striving | stroke | strong bid | struggle | study | substantiate | survey | tackle | taste | tentative | term paper | test | test case | the written word | theme | thesis | toil | touchstone | tract | tractate | transcript | transcription | travail | treatise | treatment | trial | trial and error | try | try it on | try out | typescript | undertake | undertaking | validate | venture | venture on | venture upon | verification | verify | version | whack | work | writing See Also | act | adventure | attempt | chance | composition | control | disquisition | effort | endeavor | endeavor | endeavour | endeavour | essay | examine | field-test | fight | float | gamble | give it a try | give it a whirl | grope | hazard | judge | lay on the line | memoir | move | paper | pick up the gauntlet | piece of writing | prove | put on the line | report | risk | run a risk | strive | struggle | take a chance | take a dare | take chances | test | theme | try | try out | verify | writing | written material Essay In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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.
3. An assay. See {Assay}, n. [Obs.]
Syn: Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise;
dissertation; disquisition.
\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. What marvel if I thus essay to sing? --Byron. Essaying nothing she can not perform. --Emerson. A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should essay the impossible. --J. C. Shairp. 2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See {Assay}. [Obs.] --Locke. |
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