Definition:
- (a.) Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.
- (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.
- (a.) Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.
- (a.) A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
- (v. t.) To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.
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behavior vs. instinct
instinct vs. instinctual
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charged vs. instinct
instinct vs. instinctive
instinct vs. instinctively
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instinct vs. intuitive
cunning vs. instinct
instinct vs. sublimate
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