Essay
Essay verb - To make an effort to do.
Usage example: he had been in gymnastics for some time before he even considered essaying that move
Seek is a synonym for essay in try topic. In some cases you can use "Seek" instead a verb "Essay", when it comes to topics like activity, attempt. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Greg Costikyan (one of the authors of Paranoia) has written an essay about "grognard capture", "grognard" being a term for Napoleon's old guard, and the full term used by hardcore wargame players to refer to products that seek to capture the market of the hardest of the hardcore.
Source: Pandering to the Base
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