Instinct

in′stingkt, n. impulse: an involuntary prompting to action: intuition: the mental aspect of those actions which take rank between unconscious reflex activities and intelligent conduct: the natural impulse by which animals are guided apparently independent of reason or experience.— adj. (in-stingkt′) instigated or incited: moved: animated.— adj. Instinc′tive , prompted by instinct: involuntary: acting according to or determined by natural impulse.— adv. Instinc′tively .— n. Instinctiv′ity ( rare ). [L. instinct us — instinguĕre , to instigate.]