Details of word INSTINCT

Definition of instinct

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.

Word "instinct" contains 8 letters : C I I N N S T T

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