conation

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conation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Conation \Co*na"tion\, n. [L. conatio.] (Philos.)
     The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any
     kind, whether muscular or psychical.
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           Of conation, in other words, of desire and will. --J.
                                                    S. Mill.
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