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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Co·na·tus n.  A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.
    What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece?   --Paley.
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