Definition of Essays

1. Noun. (plural of essay) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of essay) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Essays

1. essay [v] - See also: essay

Lexicographical Neighbors of Essays

esquiring
esquisse
esquisses
ess
essay
essayed
essayer
essayers
essaying
essayings
essayish
essayist
essayistic
essayists
essaylike
essays (current term)
esse
essence
essence of rose
essenced
essenceless
essences
essene
esseneite
essential
essential albuminuria
essential amino acid
essential amino acids
essential anaemia
essential anisocoria

Literary usage of Essays

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Reviews by Henry James, Pierre de Chaignon la Rose (1921)
"The late Mr. Senior would have done better to call his book essays on Fictions. essays on the Novelists, even, would have been too pretentious a name. ..."

2. Scientific Papers of Asa Gray by Asa Gray (1889)
"essays. EUROPEAN HERBARIA. THE vegetable productions of North America, in common with those of most other parts of the world, have generally been first ..."

3. Miscellanies by Harriet Martineau (1836)
"PHILOSOPHICAL essays. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE GENIUS OF SCOTT. THE advent of genius is the most striking, and will, in time, be perceived to be the most ..."

4. The Idea of God as Affected by Modern Knowledgeby John Fiske by John Fiske (1885)
"essays AND PHILOSOPHY MYTHS AND MYTH-MAKERS : Old Tales and Superstitions interpreted by Comparative Mythology. 34th Impression. Crown 8vo, $2.00. ..."

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