conamenn.
Obsolete.
= conatus n.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > instance of > an effort > simulating a human effort
conamen1661
conatus1661
1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xx. 191 The Conamen of the Matter of the Vortex, to recede from the Centre of its Motion.
1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing ix. 83 Carryed without any conamen and endeavour of ours.
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