Part 2213

<h1>Conative</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Co"na*tive</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Conatus</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to conation.</def>

<blockquote>This division of mind into the three great classes of the cognitive faculties, the feelings, . . . and the exertive or <b>conative</b> powers, . . . was first promulgated by Kant. <i>Sir W. Hamilton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Conatus</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Co*na"tus</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. <ets>conatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>conari</ets> to attempt.]</ety> <def>A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.</def>

<blockquote>What <b>conatus</b> could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece? <i>Paley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Concamerate</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Con*cam"er*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concameratus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>concamerare</ets> to arch over. See <er>Camber</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To arch over; to vault.</def>

<blockquote>Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one <b>concamerated</b> bone. <i>Grew.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To divide into chambers or cells.</def>

<i>Woodward.</i>

<h1>Concameration</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Con*cam`er*a"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concameratio</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An arch or vault.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A chamber of a multilocular shell.</def>

<i>Glanvill.</i>

<h1>Concatenate</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Con*cat"e*nate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Concatenated</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Concatenating</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>concatenatus</ets>, p. p. of concatenare to concatenate. See <er>Catenate</er>.]</ety> <def>To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another.</def>

<blockquote>This all things friendly will <b>concatenate</b>. <i>Dr. H. More</i></blockquote>

<h1>Concatenation</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Con*cat`e*na"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>concatenatio</ets>.]</ety> <def>A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.</def>

<blockquote>The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable <b>concatenation</b> of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will. <i>South.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A <b>concatenation</b> of explosions. <i>W. Irving.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Concause</h1> <Xpage=292>

<hw>Con*cause"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A joint cause.</def>

<i>Fotherby.</i>

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<h1>Concavation</h1> <Xpage=294>

<hw>Con`ca*va"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of making concave.</def>