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ESSAY: MAKE ESSAY
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Essay — Es*say , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Essayed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Essaying}.] [F. essayer. See {Essay}, n.] 1. 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. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Essay — Es say, n.; pl. {Essays}. [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf. examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr. exa gion a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
essay — vb endeavor, strive, struggle, *attempt, try Analogous words: work, labor, toil, travail (see corresponding nouns at WORK) essay n 1 endeavor, striving, struggle, attempt, try (see under ATTEMPT vb) Analogous words: *effort, exertion, trouble,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
essay — [n1] written discourse article, composition, discussion, disquisition, dissertation, explication, exposition, manuscript, paper, piece, study, theme, thesis, tract, treatise; concept 271 essay [n2] try, attempt aim, bid, dry run*, effort,… … New thesaurus
Essay — An essay is usually a short piece of writing. It is often written from an author s personal point of view. Essays can be literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of… … Wikipedia
Essay — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Essay >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 essay essay trial endeavor attempt Sgm: N 1 aim aim struggle venture adventure speculation coup d essai debut Sgm: N 1 probation … English dictionary for students
essay — essayer, n. n. /es ay/ for 1, 2; /es ay, e say / for 3 5; v. /e say /, n. 1. a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative. 2. anything resembling such a… … Universalium
essay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. composition; attempt, effort. v. t. endeavor, try, attempt. See dissertation, experiment. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Expository writing] Syn. composition, article, piece, theme; see exposition 2 . 2. [An… … English dictionary for students
essay — I. transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to put to a test 2. to make an often tentative or experimental effort to perform ; try Synonyms: see attempt • essayer noun II. noun Etymology … New Collegiate Dictionary
essay — n 1. theme, article, paper, photo essay, manuscript; commentary, Journalism. think piece, editorial, article, piece; thesis, dissertation, disquisition, tract, treatise, discourse; work, opus, masterpiece, work of art, brainchild. 2. attempt,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
essay — es•say n. [[t]ˈɛs eɪ[/t]] or, for 3,5, [[t]ɛˈseɪ[/t]] v. [[t]ɛˈseɪ[/t]] n. 1) lit. a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usu. in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative 2) cvb anything resembling such … From formal English to slang
