Essay(n.) 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.
Essay(n.) 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.
Essay(n.) An assay. See Assay, n.
Essay(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.
Essay(n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.
Essayed(imp. & p. p.) of Essay
Essayer(n.) One who essays.
Essaying(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Essay
Essays(pl. ) of Essay
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