Lectionary Calendar
Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Essay
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(1):
(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.
(2):
(n.) An assay. See Assay, n.
(3):
(n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay.
(4):
(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.
(5):
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Essay'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/essay.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Essay'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/essay.html. 1828.
