| slovo | definícia |
essay
(mass) | essay
- písomná práca, esej |
essay
(encz) | essay,esej Hynek Hanke |
essay
(encz) | essay,literární esej Zdeněk Brož |
essay
(encz) | essay,písemná práce Zdeněk Brož |
essay
(encz) | essay,slohová práce Zdeněk Brož |
essay
(encz) | essay,stať n: PetrV |
essay
(encz) | essay,studie n: PetrV |
Essay
(gcide) | 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.
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What marvel if I thus essay to sing? --Byron.
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Essaying nothing she can not perform. --Emerson.
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A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should
essay the impossible. --J. C.
Shairp.
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2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See
Assay. [Obs.] --Locke.
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Essay
(gcide) | Essay \Es"say\, n.; pl. Essays. [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a
weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf.
examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue
of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr.
'exa`gion a weight, 'exagia`zein to examine, 'exa`gein to
drive out, export. See Agent, and cf. Exact, Examine,
Assay.]
1. 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. "The essay at organization."
--M. Arnold.
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2. (Lit.) 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.
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3. An assay. See Assay, n. [Obs.]
Syn: Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise;
dissertation; disquisition.
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essay
(wn) | essay
n 1: an analytic or interpretive literary composition
2: a tentative attempt
v 1: make an effort or attempt; "He tried to shake off his
fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The
police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve
himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world" [syn:
try, seek, attempt, essay, assay]
2: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use
to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test
this recipe" [syn: test, prove, try, try out,
examine, essay] |
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short essay
(mass) | short essay
- fejtón |
essay-like style
(encz) | essay-like style,esejistický |
essayer
(encz) | essayer, |
essayist
(encz) | essayist,esejista n: Zdeněk Brož |
essays
(encz) | essays,eseje n: Zdeněk Brožessays,pojednání pl. Zdeněk Brož |
short essay
(encz) | short essay,fejeton n: Zdeněk Brož |
Essay
(gcide) | 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.
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What marvel if I thus essay to sing? --Byron.
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Essaying nothing she can not perform. --Emerson.
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A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should
essay the impossible. --J. C.
Shairp.
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2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See
Assay. [Obs.] --Locke.
[1913 Webster]Essay \Es"say\, n.; pl. Essays. [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a
weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf.
examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue
of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr.
'exa`gion a weight, 'exagia`zein to examine, 'exa`gein to
drive out, export. See Agent, and cf. Exact, Examine,
Assay.]
1. 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. "The essay at organization."
--M. Arnold.
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2. (Lit.) 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.
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3. An assay. See Assay, n. [Obs.]
Syn: Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise;
dissertation; disquisition.
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Essayed
(gcide) | 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.
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What marvel if I thus essay to sing? --Byron.
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Essaying nothing she can not perform. --Emerson.
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A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should
essay the impossible. --J. C.
Shairp.
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2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See
Assay. [Obs.] --Locke.
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Essayer
(gcide) | Essayer \Es*say"er\, n.
One who essays. --Addison.
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Essaying
(gcide) | 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.
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What marvel if I thus essay to sing? --Byron.
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Essaying nothing she can not perform. --Emerson.
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A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . should
essay the impossible. --J. C.
Shairp.
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2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See
Assay. [Obs.] --Locke.
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Essayist
(gcide) | Essayist \Es"say*ist\ (?; 277), n.
A writer of an essay, or of essays. --B. Jonson.
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Essays
(gcide) | Essay \Es"say\, n.; pl. Essays. [F. essai, fr. L. exagium a
weighing, weight, balance; ex out + agere to drive, do; cf.
examen, exagmen, a means of weighing, a weighing, the tongue
of a balance, exigere to drive out, examine, weigh, Gr.
'exa`gion a weight, 'exagia`zein to examine, 'exa`gein to
drive out, export. See Agent, and cf. Exact, Examine,
Assay.]
1. 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. "The essay at organization."
--M. Arnold.
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2. (Lit.) 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.
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3. An assay. See Assay, n. [Obs.]
Syn: Attempt; trial; endeavor; effort; tract; treatise;
dissertation; disquisition.
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To exibit an essay
(gcide) | Exhibit \Ex*hib"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Exhibited; p. pr. &
vb. n. Exhibiting.] [L. exhibitus, p. p. of exhibere to
hold forth, to tender, exhibit; ex out + habere to have or
hold. See Habit.]
1. To hold forth or present to view; to produce publicly, for
inspection; to show, especially in order to attract notice
to what is interesting; to display; as, to exhibit
commodities in a warehouse, a picture in a gallery.
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Exhibiting a miserable example of the weakness of
mind and body. --Pope.
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2. (Law) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in
course of proceedings; also, to present or offer
officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge.
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He suffered his attorney-general to exhibit a charge
of high treason against the earl. --Clarendon.
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3. (Med.) To administer as a remedy; as, to exhibit calomel.
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To exhibit a foundation or prize, to hold it forth or to
tender it as a bounty to candidates.
To exibit an essay, to declaim or otherwise present it in
public. [Obs.]
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Unessayed
(gcide) | Unessayed \Unessayed\
See essayed. |
essayer
(wn) | essayer
n 1: one who tries [syn: trier, attempter, essayer] |
essayist
(wn) | essayist
n 1: a writer of literary works [syn: essayist, litterateur] |
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