单词 | conatus |
释义 | conatusn. 1. An effort, endeavour, striving. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt tastec1330 assayc1386 proffera1400 proof?a1400 pluck?1499 saymenta1500 minta1522 attemptate1531 attempt1548 attemption1565 say1568 trice1579 offer1581 fling1590 tempt1597 essay1598 trial1614 tentative1632 molition1643 conamen1661 put1661 tentamen1673 conatus1722 shot1756 go1784 ettle1790 shy1824 hack1830 try1832 pop1839 slap1840 venture1842 stagger1865 flutter1874 whack1884 whirl1884 smack1889 swipe1892 buck1913 lash1941 wham1957 play1961 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature vi. 143 Conatus's toward the destruction or ruin of the person. 1836 T. Chalmers Moral Philos. in Wks. V. 274 A conatus that can find no distinct object to rest upon. 2. transferred. A force, impulse, or tendency simulating a human effort; a nisus. ΘΚΠ 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. 192 The conatus of the circling matter. 1673 Philos. Trans. 1672 (Royal Soc.) 7 5164 This force may be either that of Percussion..Or some Conatus or Endevour of its own. 1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks ii. i. 45 The Pith and other Parenchymous parts of a Plant, have upon the reception of liquor, a Conatus to dilate themselves. 1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) Conatus, (in a Body of Motion) is that Disposition or aptitude to go on in a right Line, if not prevented by other causes. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xiii. 261 What blind conatus of nature should produce it in birds. 1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. i. ii. 343 The self-conserving conatus. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1661 |
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