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Full Definition of ESSAY. transitive verb. 1. : to put to a test. 2. : to make an often tentative or experimental effort to perform: try. â esÂ·sayÂ·er noun. See essay defined for English-language learners. See essay defined for kids.
In the visual arts, an essay is a preliminary drawing or sketch upon which a final painting or sculpture is based, made as a test of the work's composition (this meaning of the term, like several of those following, comes from the word essay' s meaning of attempt or trial).