conative

Man's spirit has to carry all its knowledge and experience into its own conative spiritual potencies.
An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy|W. Tudor Jones
As to sentiments and emotions, they involve ideas and conative elements in addition to sensations and feelings.
The Psychological Origin and the Nature of Religion|James H. Leuba
With this "conative act," as the psychologists would call it, the true contemplative life begins.
Practical Mysticism|Evelyn Underhill
He totally ignores the existence and organisation of the conative side of the mind.
The Group Mind|William McDougall

The third Brook of Grace irrigates the conative powers of the self; strengthens the will in all perfection, and energises us anew.
Ruysbroeck|Evelyn Underhill

British Dictionary definitions for conative

conative

/ (ˈkɒnətɪv, ˈkəʊ-) /

adjective

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

of or relating to conation

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