Essay Synonyms & Definitions

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• EssayDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.
2. (n.) An assay. See Assay, n.
3. (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.
4. (n.) To exert ones power or faculties upon; to make an effort to perform; to attempt; to endeavor; to make experiment or trial of; to try.
5. (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.

• EssayistDefinition & Meaning in English

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