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Definition of essay verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

essay

verb

NAmE//ɛˈseɪ//

essay something (literary)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they essay

he / she / it essays

past simple essayed

-ing form essaying

to try to do something

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