An exertion of strength or power, whether physical or mental, in performing an act or aiming at an object; more or less strenuous endeavor; struggle directed to the accomplishment of an object; as, an effort to scale a wall. We prize the stronger effort of his power. Pope.
A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion. Rankine.
To stimulate. [Obs.] "He efforted his spirits." Fuller.
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