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Found 3 items, similar to essay.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: essay
esei, karangan
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: essay
essay
n 1: an analytic or interpretive literary composition
2: a tentative attempt
v 1: make an effort or attempt;
“He tried to shake off his
fears”;
“The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps”;
“The police attempted to stop the thief”;
“He sought to
improve himself”;
“She always seeks to do good in the
world” [syn:
try,
seek,
attempt,
assay]
2: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental
use to;
“This approach has been tried with good results”;
“Test this recipe” [syn:
test,
prove,
try,
try out,
examine]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Essay
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 weight, 'exagia`zein to examine, 'exa`gein to
drive out, export. See
Agent, and cf.
Exact,
Examine,
Assay.]
1. 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.
“The essay at organization.”
--M. Arnold.
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2. (Lit.) 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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3. An assay. See
Assay, n. [Obs.]
Syn: Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise;
dissertation; disquisition.
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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.
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What marvel if I thus essay to sing? --Byron.
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Essaying nothing she can not perform. --Emerson.
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A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should
essay the impossible. --J. C.
Shairp.
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2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See
Assay. [Obs.] --Locke.
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