conative

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conative - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Conative \Co"na*tive\ (? or ?), a. [See Conatus.]
     Of or pertaining to conation.
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           This division of mind into the three great classes of
           the cognitive faculties, the feelings, . . . and the
           exertive or conative powers, . . . was first
           promulgated by Kant.                     --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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