Definition of essay

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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..

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Essaying :: Essaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Essa.
Oratorical :: Oratorical (a.) Of or pertaining to an orator or to oratory; characterized by oratory; rhetorical; becoming to an orator; as, an oratorical triumph; an oratorical essay..
Squib :: Squib (a.) A sarcastic speech or publication; a petty lampoon; a brief, witty essay..
Proffer :: Proffer (n.) Essay; attempt.
Tractate :: Tractate (n.) A treatise; a tract; an essay.
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..
Essayed :: Essayed (imp. & p. p.) of Essa.
Try :: Try (v. t.) To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
Paper :: Paper (n.) A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society..
Prolusion :: Prolusion (n.) A trial before the principal performance; a prelude; hence, an introductory essay or exercise..
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..
Essay :: Essay (n.) An assay. See Assay, n..
Retouch :: Retouch (v. t.) To touch again, or rework, in order to improve; to revise; as, to retouch a picture or an essay..
Attempter :: Attempter (n.) One who attempts; one who essays anything.
Review :: Review (n.) A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc..
Envoy :: Envoy (n.) An explanatory or commendatory postscript to a poem, essay, or book; -- also in the French from, l'envoi..
Prefatory :: Prefatory (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks..
Symptom :: Symposium (n.) A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; -- so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.
Stroke :: Stroke (v. t.) Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay..
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..
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