Thesaurus: essay

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1. 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.
2. 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.
3. n. An assay. See Assay, n.
4. 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.
5. n. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.
6. n. an analytic or interpretive literary composition
7. n. a tentative attempt
8. v. make an effort or attempt
9. v. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
10. A composition treating of any particular subject; -- usuallyshorter and less methodical than a formal, finished treatise; as, anessay on the life and writings of Homer; an essay on fossils, or oncommerce.
11. v:1/n:99 n. an analytic or interpretive literary composition n. a tentative attempt