(verb) : in-stinguo, stinxi, stinctum, 3
* To instigate, incite, impel (class. only in the part. pass.): Christus intus instinxerat,Tert. Anim. 26 (Gell. 17, 20, 7, read instrinxit).— Part. pass.: instinctus, a, um, instigated, incited: furore et audaciā,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188: his vocibus, fired, animated, Liv. 9, 40, 7: furiis,id. 1, 47: injuriā,Suet. Caes. 19: divino spiritu,Quint. 12, 10, 24: classico,id. 2, 11, 4: in bellum,Vell. 1, 12: litterarum jucunditatibus instinctae mentes,Vitr. 9 praef.

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