EFFORT

effort

Noun

  1. The work involved in performing an activity; exertion.
  2. An endeavour.
  3. A force acting on a body in the direction of its motion.

Verb

  1. To make an effort.
  2. To stimulate.
    He efforted his spirits. — Fuller.


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