| MEQ | Modified Essay Question |
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| essay | Origin: 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. 'exagion a weight, 'exagiazein to examine, 'exagein 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." 2. 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. 3. An assay. See Assay. Synonym: Attempt, trial, endeavor, effort, tract, treatise, dissertation, disquisition. 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. "What marvel if I thus essay to sing?" (Byron) "Essaying nothing she can not perform." (Emerson) "A danger lest the young enthusiast . . . Should essay the impossible." (J. C. Shairp) 2. To test the value and purity of (metals); to assay. See Assay. Origin: F. Essayer. See Essay. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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Synonyms : Essays (PT)
| essay | a tentative attempt |
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| essay | an analytic or interpretive literary composition |
| essay | make an effort or attempt |
| essay | put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to |
| essay | one who tries |
| essay | a writer of literary works |
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