2. Noun. An Attempt; a try ¹
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Definition of Essaying
1. essay [v] - See also: essay
Lexicographical Neighbors of Essaying
Literary usage of Essaying
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"It need hardly be pointed out at this late day, though it is more or less
persistently ignored, that primitive Darwinism, while essaying to explain the ..."
2. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"... but the stanza which the translator adopted, in preference to essaying the
terza rima, must be held to detract considerably from the effect. ..."
3. The Well of English and the Bucket by Burges Johnson (1917)
"IV essaying AN ESSAY "HOWEVER little we write," says Mr. Ernest Rhys, "whether
for our friends only or for the newspapers, we have to attempt sooner or ..."
4. Sermons by Ralph Erskine, Stephen Higginson Tyng (1863)
"... RATTLE WITH THE DEVIL, WHEN essaying TO COME TO CHEIST RY FAITH.* " And as he
was yet a coming, the devil threw him down and tare him."— LUKE ix. 42. ..."
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