essay
noun
a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
unessayed
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a word derived from
essay.
Example Sentences
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Oh! no, she felt certain that he would leave no measure untried to discover her fate, no means unessayed to effect her deliverance.
From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds
But I hope that you do not think me so perverse, and so obstinate, as to have left till now any means unessayed which I thought likely to move my friends in my favour.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Samuel Richardson
They conjectured that his sickness proceeded only from the regret of his defeat, and his being disappointed of Dulcinea's disenchantment; and accordingly they left nothing unessayed to divert him.
From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The last step, unessayed by his predecessors, rose nearly four feet, as alien to the concept of lawn as a field of wheat.
From Greener Than You Think by Ward Moore
They have left no means unessayed or practised, to weaken her.
From Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
