1. An analytic or interpretive literary composition 
2. A tentative attempt

1. Make an effort or attempt
   "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"
   - try, seek, attempt, assay 
2. Put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to
   - test, prove, try, try out, examine, trial

Derived forms: essaying, essayed, essays

See also: essayer, essayist

Type of: act, attempt, effort, endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], evaluate, judge, move, pass judgment, piece of writing, try, writing, written material

Encyclopedia: Essay Essay, Orne

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