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ESSA'Y, L. sequor. See Seek. The radical sense is to press, drive, urge, strain, strive.

1. To try to attempt to endeavor to exert one's power or faculties, or to make an effort to perform any thing.

While I this unexampled task essay.

2. To make experiment of.
3. To try the value and purity of metals. In this application, the word is now more generally written assay, which see.
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Entry for 'Essay'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​e/essay.html.
 
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