Instinct(a.) Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.
Instinct(a.) Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished.
Instinct(a.) Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.
Instinct(a.) A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
Instinct(v. t.) To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.
Instinction(n.) Instinct; incitement; inspiration.
Instinctive(a.) Of or pertaining to instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensity; acting or produced without reasoning, deliberation, instruction, or experience; spontaneous.
Instinctively(adv.) In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.
Instinctivity(n.) The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct.
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