Canadian English Meaning of essay

essay

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Definitions and Meaning of essay in English

Wordnet

essay (n)

an analytic or interpretive literary composition

a tentative attempt

Wordnet

essay (v)

make an effort or attempt

put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

Webster

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.

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.

An assay. See Assay, 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.

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

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essay

an analytic or interpretive literary composition, a tentative attempt, make an effort or attempt, put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use

article,thesis,paper,chat,column,commentary,composition,discourse,discussion,Editorial

drop,give up,quit

esr => ESR, esquisse => sketch, esquiring => asking, esquired => Esq. , esquire => esquire,