Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-STINCT'IVE
IN-STINCT'IVE, a.
Prompted by instinct; spontaneous; acting without reasoning, deliberation, instruction or experience; determined by natural impulse or propensity. The propensity of bees to form hexagonal cells for holding their honey and their young, must be instinctive.
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