Meaning of Instinct

English Translation from English to English dictionary online for the word Instinct

1. 1
   a.

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

2. 2
   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.

3. 3
   a.

   Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.

4. 4
   a.

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

5. 5
   v. t.

   To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.

6. 6
   a.

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

7. 7
   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.

8. 8
   a.

   Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.

9. 9
   a.

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

10. 10
    v. t.

    To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.