conative

[ kon-uh-tiv, koh-nuh- ]

/ ˈkɒn ə tɪv, ˈkoʊ nə- /

Psychology. pertaining to or of the nature of conation.

Grammar. expressing endeavor or effort: a conative verb.

Grammar. a conative word, affix, or verbal aspect.

Origin of conative

First recorded in 1680–90; conat(ion) + -ive

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
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
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

He totally ignores the existence and organisation of the conative side of the mind.

The Group Mind |William McDougall

conative

/ (ˈkɒnətɪv, ˈkəʊ-) /

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