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INSTINCT', a. [L. instinctus. See the Noun.]

Moved; animated; excited; as instinct with spirit.

Betulia--instinct with life.


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INSTINCT', a. [L. instinctus. See the Noun.]

Moved; animated; excited; as instinct with spirit.

Betulia--instinct with life.

IN-STINCT', a. [L. instinctus. See the noun.]

Moved; animated; excited; as, instinct with spirit. Milton. Betulia – instinct with life. Faber.


IN'STINCT, n. [Fr.; It. instinto, istinto; Sp. and Port. instinto; from L. instinctus, inwardly moved; in and stinguo, Gr. στιζω, στιγω. See Distinguish, Extinguish. The sense of the root is to thrust; hence the compound, instinctus, signifies properly, thrust in, infixed. See Instigate.]

A certain power or disposition of mind by which, independent of all instruction or experience, without deliberation and without having any end an view, animals are unerringly directed to do spontaneously whatever is necessary for the preservation of the individual, or the continuation of the kind. Such, in the human species, is the instinct of sucking exerted immediately after birth, and that of insects in depositing their eggs in situations most favorable for hatching. Encyc. Instinct may be defined, the operation of the principle of organized life by the exercise of certain natural powers directed to the present or future good of the individual. Instinct is the general property of the living principle, or the law of organized life in a state of action. Good. And reason raise o'er instinct as you can, / In this 'tis God's directs, in that 'tis man. Pope.


In*stinct"
  1. Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.

    The chariot of paternal deity . . .
    Itself instinct with spirit, but convoyed
    By four cherubic shapes.     Milton.

    A noble performance, instinct with sound principle. Brougham.

  2. 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.

    An instinct is a propensity prior to experience, and independent of instructions. Paley.

    An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which the action leads. Whately.

    An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge. Sir W. Hamilton.

    By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust
    Ensuing dangers.     Shak.

  3. To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.

    [Obs.] Bentley.
  4. Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without thought of improvement in the method.

    The resemblance between what originally was a habit, and an instinct becomes so close as not to be distinguished. Darwin.

  5. A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
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Instinct

INSTINCT', adjective [Latin instinctus. See the Noun.]

Moved; animated; excited; as instinct with spirit.

Betulia--instinct with life.

IN'STINCT, noun [Latin instinctus, inwardly moved; in and stinguo.]

A certain power or disposition of mind by which, independent of all instruction or experience, without deliberation and without having any end in view, animals are unerringly directed to do spontaneously whatever is necessary for the preservation of the individual, or the continuation of the kind. Such, in the human species, is the instinct of sucking exerted immediately after birth, and that of insects in depositing their eggs in situations most favorable for hatching.

INSTINCT may be defined, the operation of the principle of organized life by the exercise of certain natural powers directed to the present or future good of the individual.

INSTINCT is the general property of the living principle, or the law of organized life in a state of action.

And reason raise o'er instinct as you can,

In this 'tis God directs, in that 'tis man.

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