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4. To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
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And generous stout courage did inspire. Spenser.
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But dawning day new comfort hath inspired. Shak.
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5. To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens, or exalts; to communicate inspiration to; as, to inspire a child with sentiments of virtue; to inspire a person to do extraordinary feats.
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Erato, thy poet's mind inspire,
And fill his soul with thy celestial fire. Dryden.
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Inspire (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inspired; p. pr. & vb. n. Inspiring.]
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1. To draw in breath; to inhale air into the lungs; -- opposed to expire.
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2. To breathe; to blow gently. [Obs.]
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And when the wind amongst them did inspire,
They wavèd like a penon wide dispread. Spenser.
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Inspired (?), a. 1. Breathed in; inhaled.
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2. Moved or animated by, or as by, a supernatural influence; affected by divine inspiration; as, the inspired prophets; the inspired writers.
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3. Communicated or given as by supernatural or divine inspiration; having divine authority; hence, sacred, holy; -- opposed to uninspired, profane, or secular; as, the inspired writings, that is, the Scriptures.
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4. Moved to a higher level of thought, creativity, or motivation.
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Inspirer (?), n. One who, or that which, inspires. “Inspirer of that holy flame.” Cowper.
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Inspiring, a. Animating; cheering; moving; exhilarating; as, an inspiring or scene.
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Inspirit (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inspirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inspiriting.] To infuse new life or spirit into; to animate; to encourage; to invigorate.
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The courage of Agamemnon is inspirited by the love of empire and ambition. Pope.

Syn. -- To enliven; invigorate; exhilarate; animate; cheer; encourage; inspire.
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Inspissate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inspissated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Inspissating (?).] [L. inspissatus, p. p. of inspissare to thicken; pref. in- + spissare to thicken, fr. spissus thick.] To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation.
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Inspissate (?), a. [L. inspissatus, p. p.] Thick or thickened; inspissated. Greenhill.
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Inspissation (?), n. The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened.
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inst. adj. [abbreviation for instant.] in or of the present month; same as {3}, a. or {2}, n.; as, your letter of the 10th inst.. [abbr.]
Syn. -- instant.
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Instability (?), n.; pl. Instabilities (#). [L. instabilitas: cf. F. instabilité.]
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1. The quality or condition of being unstable; lack of stability, firmness, or steadiness; liability to give way or to fail; insecurity; precariousness; as, the instability of a building.
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2. Lack of determination of fixedness; inconstancy; fickleness; mutability; changeableness; as, instability of character, temper, custom, etc. Addison.

Syn. -- Inconstancy; fickleness; changeableness; wavering; unsteadiness; unstableness.
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Instable (?), a. [L. instabilis: cf. F. instable. See not, and , a., and cf. .] Not stable; not standing fast or firm; unstable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant.
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Instableness, n. Instability; unstableness.
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Install (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Installed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Installing.] [F. installer, LL. installare, fr. pref. in- in + OHG. stal a place, stall, G. stall, akin to E. stall: cf. It. installare. See .] [Written also instal.]
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1. To set in a seat; to give a place to; establish (one) in a place.
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She installed her guest hospitably by the fireside. Sir W. Scott.
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2. To place in an office, rank, or order; to invest with any charge by the usual ceremonies; to instate; to induct; as, to install an ordained minister as pastor of a church; to install a college president.
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Unworthily
Thou wast installed in that high degree. Shak.
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Installation (?), n. [F. installation, LL. installatio: cf. It. installazione. See .]
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1. The act of installing; as, the installation of the air conditioner took half an hour.
Syn. -- installing, setting up.
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2. Hence: the act of installing (a person) or giving possession of an office, rank, or order, with the usual rites or ceremonies; as, the installation of an ordained minister in a parish.
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On the election, the bishop gives a mandate for his installation. Ayliffe.
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3. (Mech.) The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, sometimes including the buildings and gorounds on which they are located, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.; as, our installation in Baton Rouge can produce ten thousand gallons a day; we should move our drying installation from building A to building B.
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4. (Mil.) The whole of a military base, post, camp, outpost, etc., constructed and operated for support of military operations.
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installing n. 1. the act of installing something (as equipment).
Syn. -- installation, setting up.
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installment, instalment (?), n. 1. The act of installing; installation.
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Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their installment, to do impartial justice by law. Milton.
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2. The seat in which one is placed. [Obs.]
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The several chairs of order, look, you scour; . . .
Each fair installment, coat, and several crest
With loyal blazon, evermore be blest. Shak.
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3. A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times; that portion of a debt payed back in any one payment; as, the next installment is due January first. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated. Bouvier.
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4. a part of a broadcast serial. [wns=1]
Syn. -- episode.
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5. a part of a published serial. [wns=2]
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Instamp (?), v. t. See .
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Instance (?), n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr. instans. See .]
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1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
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Undertook at her instance to restore them. Sir W. Scott.
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2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. [Obs.]
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The instances that second marriage move
Are base respects of thrift, but none of love. Shak.
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3. Occasion; order of occurrence.
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These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first instance. Sir M. Hale.
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4. That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example; as, we could find no instance of poisoning in the town within the past year.
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Most remarkable instances of suffering. Atterbury.
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5. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. Shak.
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Coloq. Causes of instance , those which proceed at the solicitation of some party. Hallifax. -- Coloq. Court of first instance , the court by which a case is first tried. -- Coloq. For instance , by way of example or illustration; for example. -- Coloq. Instance Court (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its action as a prize court.

Syn. -- Example; case. See .
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Instance (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Instancing (?).] To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact. H. Spenser.
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I shall not instance an abstruse author. Milton.
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Instance, v. i. To give an example. [Obs.]
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This story doth not only instance in kingdoms, but in families too. Jer. Taylor.
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Instancy (?), n. Instance; urgency. [Obs.]
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Those heavenly precepts which our Lord and Savior with so great instancy gave. Hooker.
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Instant (?), a. [L. instans, -antis, p. pr. of instare to stand upon, to press upon; pref. in- in, on + stare to stand: cf. F. instant. See .]
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1. Pressing; urgent; importunate; earnest.
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Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Rom. xii. 12.
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I am beginning to be very instant for some sort of occupation. Carlyle.
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2. Closely pressing or impending in respect to time; not deferred; immediate; without delay.
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Impending death is thine, and instant doom. Prior.
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3. Present; current.
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The instant time is always the fittest time. Fuller.
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☞ The word in this sense is now used only in dates, to indicate the current month; as, the tenth of July instant.
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Instant, adv. Instantly. [Poetic]
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Instant he flew with hospitable haste. Pope.
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Instant, n. [F. instant, fr. L. instans standing by, being near, present. See , a.]
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1. A point in time; a moment; a portion of time too short to be estimated; also, any particular moment; as, teh situation may change in an instant.
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There is scarce an instant between their flourishing and their not being. Hooker.
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2. A day of the present or current month; as, the sixth instant; -- an elliptical expression equivalent to the sixth of the month instant, i. e., the current month. See , a., 3.

Syn. -- Moment; flash; second.
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Instantaneity (?), n. [Cf. F. instantanéité.] Quality of being instantaneous. Shenstone.
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Instantaneous (?), a. [Cf. F. instantané.]
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1. Done or occurring in an instant, or without any perceptible duration of time; as, the passage of electricity appears to be instantaneous.
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His reason saw
With instantaneous view, the truth of things. Thomson.
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2. At or during a given instant; as, instantaneous acceleration, velocity, etc.
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Coloq. Instantaneous center of rotation (Kinematics), in a plane or in a plane figure which has motions both of translation and of rotation in the plane, is the point which for the instant is at rest. -- Coloq. Instantaneous axis of rotation (Kinematics), in a body which has motions both of translation and rotation, is a line, which is supposed to be rigidly united with the body, and which for the instant is at rest. The motion of the body is for the instant simply that of rotation about the instantaneous axis.

-- Instantaneously, adv. -- Instantaneousness, n.
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Instanter (?), adv. [L., vehemently, earnestly. See , n. & a.] Immediately; instantly; at once; as, he left instanter.
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Instantly (?), adv. 1. Without the least delay or interval; at once; immediately. Macaulay.
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2. With urgency or importunity; earnestly; pressingly. “They besought him instantly.” Luke vii. 4.

Syn. -- Directly; immediately; at once. See .
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Instar (?), v. t. To stud as with stars. [R.] “A golden throne instarred with gems.” J. Barlow.
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Instar (?), n. a postembryonic stage of life of an arthropod, especially an insect, between two successive molts; also, the arthropod when in that stage of life.
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Instate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instated; p. pr. & vb. n. Instating.] To set, place, or establish, as in a rank, office, or condition; to install; to invest; as, to instate a person in greatness or in favor. Shak.
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Instaurate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instaurated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Instaurating (?).] [L. instauratus, p. p. of instaurare to renew. See 1st , and .] To renew or renovate. [R.]
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Instauration (?), n. [L. instauratio: cf. F. instauration.] Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance.
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Some great catastrophe or . . . instauration. T. Burnet.
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Instaurator (?), n. [L.: cf. F. instaurateur.] One who renews or restores to a former condition. [R.] Dr. H. More.
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Instaure (?), v. t. [See .] To renew or renovate; to instaurate. [Obs.] Marston.
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Instead (?), adv. [Pref. in- + stead place.]
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1. In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.
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Let thistles grow of wheat. Job xxxi. 40.
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Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab. 2 Sam. xvii. 25.
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2. Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of. [R.]
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This very consideration to a wise man is instead of a thousand arguments, to satisfy him, that in those times no such thing was believed. Tillotson.
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Insteep (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insteeped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Insteeping.] To steep or soak; to drench. [R.] “In gore he lay insteeped.” Shak.
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Instep (?), n. [Formerly also instop, instup.]
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1. The arched middle portion of the human foot next in front of the ankle joint.
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2. The part of a shoe, boot, or stocking covering the instep{1}.
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3. That part of the hind leg of the horse and allied animals, between the hock, or ham, and the pastern joint.
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instigant n. one who instigates; someone who deliberately provokes trouble; an instigator.
Syn. -- instigator, provoker, inciter.
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Instigate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instigated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Instigating (?).] [L. instigatus, p. p. of instigare to instigate; pref. in- in + a root akin to G. stechen to prick, E. stick. See .] To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as, to instigate one to a crime.
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He hath only instigated his blackest agents to the very extent of their malignity. Bp. Warburton.

Syn. -- To stimulate; urge; spur; provoke; tempt; incite; impel; encourage; animate.
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Instigatingly, adv. Incitingly; temptingly.
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Instigation (?), n. [L. instigatio: cf. F. instigation.] The act of instigating, or the state of being instigated; incitement; esp. to evil or wickedness.
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The baseness and villainy that . . . the instigation of the devil could bring the sons of men to. South.
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instigative adj. arousing to action or rebellion.
Syn. -- incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, rabble-rousing, seditious.
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Instigator (?), n. [L.: cf. F. instigateur.] One who instigates or incites. Burke.
Syn. -- inciter, instigant.
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instil v. t. same as .
Syn. -- instill.
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Instill (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instilled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Instilling.] [L. instillare, instillatum; pref. in- in + stillare to drop, fr. stilla a drop: cf. F. instiller. See .] [Written also instil.] 1. To drop in; to pour in drop by drop.
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That starlight dews
All silently their tears of love instill. Byron.
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2. Specifically: To infuse (knowledge or attitudes) into the mind of another, slowly or gradually; to impart gradually; to cause to be imbibed.
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How hast thou instilled
Thy malice into thousands. Milton.

Syn. -- To infuse; impart; inspire; implant; inculcate; insinuate.
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Instillation (?), n. [L. instillatio: cf. F. instillation.] The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled. Johnson.
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Instillator (?), n. An instiller. [R.]
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Instillatory (?), a. Belonging to instillation. [R.]
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Instiller (?), n. One who instills. Skelton.
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Instillment (?), n. The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled. [Written also instilment.]
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Instimulate (?), v. t. [Pref. in- not + stimulate.] Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet. [Obs.] Cheyne.
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Instimulate, v. t. [L. instimulatus, p. p. instimulare to stimulate. See 1st , and .] To stimulate; to excite. [Obs.] Cockeram.
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Instimulation (?), n. Stimulation.
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Instinct (?), a. [L. instinctus, p. p. of instinguere to instigate, incite; cf. instigare to instigate. Cf. , .] Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.
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The chariot of paternal deity . . .
Itself instinct with spirit, but convoyed
By four cherubic shapes. Milton.
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A noble performance, instinct with sound principle. Brougham.
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Instinct (ĭnstĭṉkt), n. [L. instinctus instigation, impulse, fr. instinguere to instigate: cf. F. instinct. See , a.]
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1. 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.
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An instinct is a propensity prior to experience, and independent of instructions. Paley.
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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.
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An instinct is an agent which performs blindly and ignorantly a work of intelligence and knowledge. Sir W. Hamilton.
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By a divine instinct, men's minds mistrust
Ensuing dangers. Shak.
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2. (Zoöl.) Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without thought of improvement in the method.
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The resemblance between what originally was a habit, and an instinct becomes so close as not to be distinguished. Darwin.
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3. A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
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Instinct (ĭnstĭṉkt), v. t. To impress, as an animating power, or instinct. [Obs.] Bentley.
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Instinction (?), n. Instinct; incitement; inspiration. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
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Instinctive (?), a. [Cf. F. instinctif.] 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. “Instinctive motion.” Milton. “Instinctive dread.” Cowper.
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With taste instinctive give
Each grace appropriate. Mason.
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Have we had instinctive intimations of the death of some absent friends? Bp. Hall.
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☞ The terms instinctive belief, instinctive judgment, instinctive cognition, 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. Sir H. Hamilton.

Syn. -- Natural; voluntary; spontaneous; original; innate; inherent; automatic.
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Instinctively, adv. In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.
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Instinctivity (?), n. The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct. [R.] Coleridge.
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Instipulate (?), a. See .
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Institute (ĭnstĭtūt), p. a. [L. institutus, p. p. of instituere to place in, to institute, to instruct; pref. in- in + statuere to cause to stand, to set. See .] Established; organized; founded. [Obs.]
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They have but few laws. For to a people so instruct and institute, very few to suffice. Robynson (More's Utopia).
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