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assay (uh SAY, AS ay) (
noun)
The chemical analysis or testing of an alloy or ore; especially, of gold or silver, to determine the ingredients and their proportions: The assay, which the specialists undertook, helped them find out how pure the gold from the stream was.
assay (uh SAY, AS ay) (
verb)
To conduct an examination or testing: The officials will
assay the votes to determine the final results of the election.
Take time to assay the information before drawing a conclusion.
essay (ES ay, e SAY) (
noun)
A short piece of writing that reveals a person's thoughts or opinions about a subject: Flora's assignment was to write a 500-word essay on one of the topics given by the teacher.
essay (ES ay, e SAY) (
verb)
To try to do, to perform, or to deal with something: There is no hint as to which of the approaches Nelson will essay that will prove useful for the project.
Felix wrote his essay for the professor about how to assay the minerals found in the local stream.
essay
(s) (noun), essays
(pl)1. A short literary composition on a single subject, usually presenting the personal view of the author: Such an
essay can be a report or composition which is normally written and of moderate length.
Mrs. Smart asked her students to write an essay about their past summer vacation to be due the following day.
2. Something resembling such a composition; An essay can be a written paper on a certain issue or subject, like a photojournalistic essay.
3. An initial attempt or endeavor, especially a tentative attempt: An essay can be described as a serious and conscientious effort to undertake or to accomplish a task.
4. Etymology: from Middle French essai, "trial, attemp"; from Late Latin exagium, "a weighing, a weight"; from Latin exigere, "to weigh, to measture, to examine"; literally "to drive out"; from ex-, "out" + agere with the apparent meaning here of "to weigh".
