The Collaborative International Dictionary
Conative
Conative \Co"na*tive\ (? or ?), a. [See Conatus.] Of or pertaining to conation.
This division of mind into the three great classes of
the cognitive faculties, the feelings, . . . and the
exertive or conative powers, . . . was first
promulgated by Kant.
--Sir W.
Hamilton.
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
conative
1836, from Latin conat-, past participle stem of conari "to endeavor, to try" (see conation) + -ive.
Wiktionary
conative
a. Of or pertaining to a striving action.