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Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or
impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life. |
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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. |
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Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an
animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of
improvement in the method. |
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A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an
instinct for order; to be modest by instinct. |
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To impress, as an animating power, or instinct. |
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