(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.
