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1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 What marvel if I thus essay to sing? --Byron. Essaying nothing she can not perform. --Emerson. A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should essay the impossible. --J. C. Shairp 2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See {Assay}. [Obs.] --Locke.
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