Definition of Essaying

1. Verb. (present participle of essay) ¹

2. Noun. An Attempt; a try ¹

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Definition of Essaying

1. essay [v] - See also: essay

Lexicographical Neighbors of Essaying

esquamulose
esquilax
esquilaxes
esquinancea
esquire
esquired
esquires
esquiring
esquisse
esquisses
ess
essay
essayed
essayer
essayers
essaying (current term)
essayings
essayish
essayist
essayistic
essayists
essaylike
essays
esse
essence
essence of rose
essenced
essenceless
essences
essene

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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