conative
Americanadjective
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Psychology. pertaining to or of the nature of conation.
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Grammar. expressing endeavor or effort.
a conative verb.
noun
adjective
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grammar denoting an aspect of verbs in some languages used to indicate the effort of the agent in performing the activity described by the verb
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of or relating to conation
Etymology
Origin of conative
First recorded in 1680–90; conat(ion) + -ive
Example Sentences
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Present tense, 259; —— gnomic, 259, 1; —— conative, 259, 2; —— historical, 259, 3; —— with jam prīdem, jam diū, etc.,
From New Latin Grammar by Bennett, Charles E. (Charles Edwin)
Man's spirit has to carry all its knowledge and experience into its own conative spiritual potencies.
From An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy by Jones, W. Tudor (William Tudor)
Physical Reality thus conceived is consistently thinkable as co-existent with the thing-in-itself—be it ultimately Intelligence or Volition—of which our cognitive and conative existence is a manifestation.
From Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge by Philip, Alexander
With this "conative act," as the psychologists would call it, the true contemplative life begins.
From Practical Mysticism A Little Book for Normal People by Underhill, Evelyn
A feature which marks all the fighting, and which we cannot afford to disregard, is the conative aspect of the behaviour of the owner of the territory.
From Territory in Bird Life by Howard, H. Eliot
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