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<blockquote>The resemblance between what originally was a habit, and an <b>instinct</b> becomes so close as not to be distinguished. <i>Darwin.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; <as>as, an <ex>instinct</ex> for order; to be modest by <ex>instinct</ex>.</as></def>

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<hw>In*stinct"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bentley.</i>

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<hw>In*stinc"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Instinct; incitement; inspiration.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Elyot.</i>

<h1>Instinctive</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In*stinc"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>instinctif</ets>.]</ety> <def>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.</def> "<i>Instinctive</i> motion." <i>Milton</i>. "<i>Instinctive</i> dread."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<blockquote>With taste <b>instinctive</b> give Each grace appropriate. <i>Mason.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Have we had <b>instinctive</b> intimations of the death of some absent friends? <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; The terms <i>instinctive belief</i>, <i>instinctive judgment</i>, <i>instinctive cognition</i>, 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.</note>

<i>Sir H. Hamilton.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Natural; voluntary; spontaneous; original; innate; inherent; automatic.</syn>

<h1>Instinctively</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In*stinc"tive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.</def>

<h1>Instinctivity</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In`stinc*tiv"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Coleridge.</i>

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<hw>In*stip"u*late</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>See <er>Exstipulate</er>.</def>

<h1>Institute</h1> <Xpage=771>

<hw>In"sti*tute</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>institutus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>instituere</ets> to place in, to institute, to instruct; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in + <ets>statuere</ets> to cause to stand, to set. See <er>Statute</er>.]</ety> <def>Established; organized; founded.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and <b>institute</b>, very few to suffice. <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></blockquote>

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