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in·stinct
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ɪnˈstɪŋkt
/
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in-
stingkt
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adjective
1.
filled or infused with some animating principle (usually followed by
with
):
instinct with life.
2.
Obsolete
.
animated by some inner
force
.
Origin:
1530–40;
<
Latin
instinctus
excited, roused, inspired, past participle of
*insting
(
u
)
ere;
see
instinct
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