instinct

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

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. Source: opted

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. Source: opted

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

5. v. t. To impress, as an animating power, or instinct. Source: opted

6. adj. (followed by ‘with’) deeply filled or permeated Source: wordnet

7. n. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli Source: wordnet

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. Source: adambom

9. n:100 n. inborn pattern of behavior often responsive to specific stimuli s. (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated Source: ecdict

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