In*still"er (?), n. One who instills. Skelton.
In*still"ment (?), n. The act of instilling; also, that which is
instilled. [Written also instilment.]
In*stim"u*late (?), v. t. [Pref. in- not + stimulate.] Not to
stimulate; to soothe; to quiet. [Obs.] Cheyne.
In*stim"u*late, v. t. [L. instimulatus, p. p. instimulare to stimulate.
See 1st In-, and Stimulate.] To stimulate; to excite. [Obs.] Cockeram.
In*stim`u*la"tion (?), n. Stimulation.
In*stinct" (?), a. [L. instinctus, p. p. of instinguere to instigate,
incite; cf. instigare to instigate. Cf. Instigate, Distinguish.] Urged
or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued;
animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.
The chariot of paternal deity . . . Itself instinct with spirit,
but convoyed By four cherubic shapes.
Milton.
A noble performance, instinct with sound principle.
Brougham.
In"stinct (n"stkt), n. [L. instinctus instigation, impulse, fr.
instinguere to instigate: cf. F. instinct. See Instinct, a.]
1. 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.
An instinct is a propensity prior to experience, and independent of
instructions.
Paley.
An instinct is a blind tendency to some mode of action, independent
of any consideration, on the part of the agent, of the end to which
the action leads.
Whately.
An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a
work of intelligence and knowledge.
Sir W. Hamilton.
By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust Ensuing dangers.
Shak.
2. (Zoöl.) Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an
animal is guided to the performance of any action, without thought of
improvement in the method.
The resemblance between what originally was a habit, and an
instinct becomes so close as not to be distinguished.
Darwin.
3. A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for
order; to be modest by instinct.
In*stinct" (n*stkt"), v. t. To impress, as an animating power, or
instinct. [Obs.] Bentley.
In*stinc"tion (?), n. Instinct; incitement; inspiration. [Obs.] Sir T.
Elyot.
In*stinc"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. instinctif.] Of or pertaining to
instinct; derived from, or prompted by, instinct; of the nature of
instinct; determined by natural impulse or propensity; acting or
produced without reasoning, deliberation, instruction, or experience;
spontaneous. "Instinctive motion." Milton. "Instinctive dread." Cowper.
With taste instinctive give Each grace appropriate.
Mason.
Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of some absent
friends?
Bp. Hall.
The terms instinctive belief, instinctive judgment, instinctive
cognition, are expressions not ill adapted to characterize a belief,
judgment, or cognition, which, as the result of no anterior
consciousness, is, like the products of animal instinct, the
intelligent effect of (as far as we are concerned) an unknown cause.
Sir H. Hamilton.
Syn. -- Natural; voluntary; spontaneous; original; innate; inherent;
automatic.
In*stinc"tive*ly, adv. In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct;
by natural impulse.
In`stinc*tiv"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being instinctive, or prompted
by instinct. [R.] Coleridge.
In*stip"u*late (?), a. See Exstipulate.
In"sti*tute (n"st*tt), p. a. [L. institutus, p. p. of instituere to
place in, to institute, to instruct; pref. in- in + statuere to cause
to stand, to set. See Statute.] Established; organized; founded. [Obs.]
They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute,
very few to suffice.
Robynson (More's Utopia).
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In"sti*tute (n"st*tt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instituted (- t`td); p. pr.
& vb. n. Instituting.]
1. To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules,
etc.
2. To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute
a court, or a society.
Whenever any from of government becomes destructive of these ends
it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to
institute a new government.
Jefferson (Decl. of Indep. ).