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  • English Word Instillation Definition The of instilling; also, that which is instilled.
  • English Word Instilled Definition of Instill
  • English Word Instiller Definition One who instills.
  • English Word Instilling Definition of Instill
  • English Word Instilllator Definition An instiller.
  • English Word Instilllatory Definition Belonging to instillation.
  • English Word Instillment Definition The act of instilling; also, that which is instilled.
  • English Word Instimulate Definition Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet.
  • English Word Instimulate Definition To stimulate; to excite.
  • English Word Instimulation Definition Stimulation.
  • English Word Instinct Definition Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.
  • English Word Instinct Definition 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.
  • English Word Instinct Definition Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.
  • English Word Instinct Definition A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
  • English Word Instinct Definition To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.
  • English Word Instinction Definition Instinct; incitement; inspiration.
  • English Word Instinctive Definition 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.
  • English Word Instinctively Definition In an instinctive manner; by force of instinct; by natural impulse.
  • English Word Instinctivity Definition The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct.
  • English Word Instipulate Definition See Exstipulate.
  • English Word Institute Definition Established; organized; founded.
  • English Word Institute Definition To set up; to establish; to ordain; as, to institute laws, rules, etc.
  • English Word Institute Definition To originate and establish; to found; to organize; as, to institute a court, or a society.
  • English Word Institute Definition To nominate; to appoint.
  • English Word Institute Definition To begin; to commence; to set on foot; as, to institute an inquiry; to institute a suit.
  • English Word Institute Definition To ground or establish in principles and rudiments; to educate; to instruct.
  • English Word Institute Definition To invest with the spiritual charge of a benefice, or the care of souls.
  • English Word Institute Definition The act of instituting; institution.
  • English Word Institute Definition That which is instituted, established, or fixed, as a law, habit, or custom.
  • English Word Institute Definition Hence: An elementary and necessary principle; a precept, maxim, or rule, recognized as established and authoritative; usually in the plural, a collection of such principles and precepts; esp., a comprehensive summary of legal principles and decisions; as, the Institutes of Justinian; Coke's Institutes of the Laws of England. Cf. Digest, n.