That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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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.
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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.
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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
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An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle…
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To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.
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To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.
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A public officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine litigated causes, and to administer justice between parties in courts held for…
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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…
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To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…
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of Write
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That which happens without design; chance; hazard; hap; hence, chance of danger or loss.
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A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.
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A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.
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To exert physical or intellectual strength for the attainment of; to use efforts to effect; to strive to achieve or reach; to try; to attempt.
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Atrial or special observation, made to confirm or disprove something doubtful; esp., one under conditions determined by the experimenter; an act or o…
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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…
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Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, somet…
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To play or game for money or other stake.
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To feel with or use the hands; to handle.
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A game of chance played with dice.
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Hazard; danger; peril; exposure to loss, injury, or destruction.
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To make efforts; to use exertions; to endeavor with earnestness; to labor hard.
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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.
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To make into a verb; to use as a verb; to verbalize.
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The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.
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A formal or systematic inquiry into, or discussion of, any subject; a full examination or investigation of a matter, with the arguments and facts bea…
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Alt. of Memoirs
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A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wo…
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To refer.
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A view of death; a meditation on the subject of death.
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A subject or topic on which a person writes or speaks; a proposition for discussion or argument; a text.
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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
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A writer of an essay, or of essays.
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A writer of an essay, or of essays.
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Trial; attempt; essay.
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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.
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To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…
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To try or to ascertain by an experiment, or by a test or standard; to test; as, to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance; to prove the conte…
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Sick.
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A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
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To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from th…
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