ESSAY is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter E and ends with the letter Y for which we found 5 definitions.
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(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. |
(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. |
(n.) An assay. See Assay n. |
(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. |
(n.) To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay. |
The word ESSAY is a 5 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for ESSAY is: es-say