| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class V. Words Releasing to the Voluntary Powers | | Division (I) Individual Volition | | Section II. Prospective Volition |
| 3. Precursory Measures |
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| 675. Essay. |
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| NOUN: | ESSAY, trial, endeavor, attempt; aim, struggle, venture, adventure, speculation, coup d’essai [F.], début [F.]; probation (experiment) [See Experiment].
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| VERB: | TRY, essay; experiment [See Experiment]; endeavor, strive; tempt, attempt, make an attempt; venture, adventure, speculate, take one’s chance, tempt fortune; try one’s -fortune, - luck, - hand; use one’s endeavor; feel -, grope -, pick- one’s way.
try hard, push, make a bold push, use one’s best endeavor; do one’s best (exertion) [See Exertion].
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| ADJECTIVE: | ESSAYING &c. v.; experimental [See Experiment]; tentative, empirical, problematic or problematical, probationary.
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| ADVERB: | EXPERIMENTALLY &c. adj.; on trial, at a venture; by rule of thumb.
if one may be so bold.
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Aut non tentaris aut perfice.—Ovid
- Chi non s’arrischia non guadagna.
- I’ll try anything once.
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