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co⋅na⋅tus

  [koh-ney-tuhs]
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–noun, plural -tus.
1. an effort or striving.
2. a force or tendency simulating a human effort.
3. (in the philosophy of Spinoza) the force in every animate creature toward the preservation of its existence.
Origin:
1655–65; < L: exertion, equiv. to cōnā(rī) to attempt + -tus suffix of v. action
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