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Meaning Of 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.
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.
n.
An assay. See Assay, n.
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.
n.
To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See
Assay.