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co•na•tus



Pronunciation: (kō-nā'tus), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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