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essay

n.

Expository writing
composition, article, piece, theme; see exposition 2.
An effort
trial, attempt, endeavor; see effort 1, 2.

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noun

A relatively brief discourse written especially as an exercise:
composition, paper, theme. See words
A procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality:
assay, proof, test, trial, tryout. See investigate
A trying to do or make something:
attempt, crack, effort, endeavor, go, offer, stab, trial, try. (Informal) shot. (Slang) take. (Archaic) assay. See try

verb

To make an attempt to do or make:
assay, attempt, endeavor, seek, strive, try. Idioms: have a go at, have (or make) (or take) a shot at, have (or take) a whack at, make a stab at, take a crack at. See try
To subject to a procedure that ascertains effectiveness, value, proper function, or other quality:
assay, check, examine, prove, test, try, try out. Idioms: bring to the test, make trial of, put to the proof (or test). See investigate

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The essay appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Society (1748).
Macaulay, in his celebrated essay, has said that "of the conduct of Hastings at this time little is known."
Driver's essay in Hogarth's Authority and Archaeology; cf.
Francis Fukuyama wrote a famous essay entitled "The End of History?" which became the catchphrase of the day.
Stewart, Boethius: an Essay (Edinburgh, 1891); T.

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