"conation" meaning in English

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          "text": "You can sit quiet and hear the processes going on, going about their business; volition, desire, will, cognition, passion, conation.",
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          "text": "[The] 'purposive conscious striving' aspect of conation is very likely a concept we need to treat separately if we are to study human motivation successfully […]"
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        "The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical."
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