I.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.
in-stinguo , stinxi, stinctum, 3, v. a.,