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noun
The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Latin cōnor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnātiōlbor. English conation Learned borrowing from Latin cōnātiō (“an act of attempting”).
