Essay :: 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 :: 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 :: Essay (n.) An assay. See Assay, n..

Essay :: 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 :: Essay (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.

Essayed :: Essayed (imp. & p. p.) of Essa.

Essayer :: Essayer (n.) One who essays.

Essaying :: Essaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Essa.

Essayist :: Essayist (n.) A writer of an essay, or of essays..

Essays :: Essays (pl. ) of Essa.

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