Definition of essay

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

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Thesis :: Thesis (n.) Hence, an essay or dissertation written upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree..
Proffer :: Proffer (v. t.) To essay or attempt of one's own accord; to undertake, or propose to undertake..
Didactical :: Didactical (a.) Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays..
Squib :: Squib (a.) A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay..
Proffer :: Proffer (n.) Essay; attempt.
Essayist :: Essayist (n.) A writer of an essay, or of essays..
Essay :: Essay (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.
Prefatory :: Prefatory (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks..
Prove :: Prove (v. i.) To make trial; to essay.
Taste :: Taste (n.) Essay; trial; experience; experiment.
Assay :: Assay (n.) Trial; attempt; essay.
Review :: Review (n.) A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc..
Essaying :: Essaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Essa.
Essayed :: Essayed (imp. & p. p.) of Essa.
Theme :: Theme (n.) A composition or essay required of a pupil.
Offer :: Offer (v. i.) To make an attempt; to make an essay or a trial; -- used with at.
Preface :: Preface (n.) Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary remarks..
Design :: Design (n.) To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral..
Polemic :: Polemic (a.) Of or pertaining to controversy; maintaining, or involving, controversy; controversial; disputative; as, a polemic discourse or essay; polemic theology..
Forequoted :: Forequoted (a.) Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise or essay.
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