Definition of essay

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

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Padding :: Padding (n.) Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc..
Proffer :: Proffer (n.) Essay; attempt.
Try :: Try (v. t.) To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.
Didactical :: Didactical (a.) Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays..
Theme :: Theme (n.) A composition or essay required of a pupil.
Forequoted :: Forequoted (a.) Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise or essay.
Essayed :: Essayed (imp. & p. p.) of Essa.
Prune :: Prune (v. t.) To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay..
Attempter :: Attempter (n.) One who attempts; one who essays anything.
Composition :: Composition (n.) A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise..
Essaying :: Essaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Essa.
Moralist :: Moralist (n.) One who moralizes; one who teaches or animadverts upon the duties of life; a writer of essays intended to correct vice and inculcate moral duties.
Recapitulation :: Recapitulation (n.) The act of recapitulating; a summary, or concise statement or enumeration, of the principal points, facts, or statements, in a preceding discourse, argument, or essay..
Essay :: 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..
Tentative :: Tentative (n.) An essay; a trial; an experiment.
Review :: Review (n.) A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc..
Feature :: Feature (n.) The cast or structure of anything, or of any part of a thing, as of a landscape, a picture, a treaty, or an essay; any marked peculiarity or characteristic; as, one of the features of the landscape..
Prefatory :: Prefatory (a.) Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks..
Offer :: Offer (v. t.) Attempt; endeavor; essay; as, he made an offer to catch the ball..
Prove :: Prove (v. i.) To make trial; to essay.
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