Thesaurus: instinct

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1. a. Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.
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. 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. a. A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
5. v. t. To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.
6. adj. (followed by ‘with’) deeply filled or permeated
7. n. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli
8. Urged or sas, birds instinct with life.The chariot of paternal deity . . . Itself instinct with spirit, butconvoyed By four cherubic shapes. Milton.A noble performance, instinct with sound principle. Brougham.
9. n:100 n. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli s. (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated