essay
noun
a short literary composition on a particular theme or subject, usually in prose and generally analytic, speculative, or interpretative.
will essay
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future tenseof essay.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“I will essay to give you content, Aunt Rachel,” said Blanche quietly.
From Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada by Emily Sarah Holt
Nay, but I will essay the wiliest craft to feed thee and me for ever.
From The Homeric Hymns A New Prose Translation; and Essays, Literary and Mythological by Andrew Lang
I will essay The house; and may our good feet save us!
From The Electra of Euripides Translated into English rhyming verse by Gilbert Murray
"Damsel," he saith, "I will essay it whatsoever may befal me thereof."
From The High History of the Holy Graal by Sebastian Evans
Yet, though with mis’ry worn, I will essay My strength among you; for thy words had teeth Whose bite hath pinch’d and pain’d me to the proof.
From The Odyssey of Homer by William Cowper
