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    • Sarahundefined
      Sarah
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      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.

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        Instinct meaning & definition 1 of Instinct.

      • Sarahundefined
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        1. An inborn pattern of behavior that is characteristic of a species and is often a response to specific environmental stimuli: the spawning instinct in salmon; altruistic instincts in social animals.
        2. A powerful motivation or impulse.
        3. An innate capability or aptitude: an instinct for tact and diplomacy.
        4. Deeply filled or imbued: words instinct with love.
        5. Obsolete. Impelled from within.
          instinct
          • 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.
          • The natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without 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.
          • A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
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          Instinct meaning & definition 2 of Instinct.

        • Sarahundefined
          Sarah
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          Aside from the well written definition above, it is also the males instinct to quickly cover ones gonads if in danger.

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            Instinct meaning & definition 3 of Instinct.

          • Donald Trumpundefined
            Donald Trump
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            An innate, typically fixed pattern of behaviour in animals in response to certain stimuli.

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              Instinct meaning & definition 4 of Instinct.

            • Juleneundefined
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              One of three Pokemon Go teams, up until now (08/10/2016) it has been the underdog and least popular, after [Team Mystic] and [Team Valor]. [Team Instincts] color is yellow.

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                Instinct meaning & definition 5 of Instinct.

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