instanter 
<instan(t-)s, present,urgent: see instant, a.] At 
the present time ; immediately; without delay: 
as, Ilic party was compelled to plead iiistmiti-r. 
When used of legal proceedings, it is usually deemed to 
mean within twenty-four hours. In some jurisdictions, 
when -:ii<l of :in .LC.I to In- limn in open cuuit, it is con- 
strued to mean before tliu rising of the court for the day, 
of any other act affecting the record, before the hour for 
closing the clerk's office for the day. 
Ay, marry will I, and that instanter. 
llarham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 84. 
instantial (in-stan'shal), a. [< instance (L. in- 
xliiitliu) + -nl.] Pertaining to or of the nature 
of an instance or example ; illustrating by in- 
stances. [Rare.] 
At length all these are found to be instantial cases of 
this great law of attraction acting in various modes. 
Theodore Parker, Sermons. 
instantly (in'stant-li), adv. It. At the same 
time; simultaneously. 
He ... chiil his truant youth with such a grace 
As if he master'd there a double spirit 
Of teaching, and of learning, instantly. 
Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v. 2, 58. 
2. Immediately after ; without any intervening 
time : as, to be instantly killed. 
Be not too hasty when ye face the enemy, 
Nor too ambitious to get honour instantly. 
Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, i. 1. 
St. With urgency; insistently; earnestly; as- 
siduously. 
And when they came to Jesus, they besought him in- 
stnntltj, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should 
do this. Luke vii. 4. 
instar (in-star'), r. t. ; pret. and pp. instarred, 
ppr. instarring. [< iw-i + star.] 1. To set or 
adorn with stars or with brilliants; star. 
Where pansies mixt with daisies shine, 
And asphodels initarr'd with gold. 
W. tiarte, The Ascetic. 
2. To make a star of; set as a star. 
Our heart is high instarr'd in brighter spheres. 
Ford, Love's Sacrifice, Iv. 2. 
instate (in-staf). v. t.; pret. and pp. instated, 
ppr. instating. [Formerly also enstate; < in- 2 
+ state.] 1> To set or place; establish, as in 
a rank or condition. 
Hard was the thing that he could not persuade, 
In the king's favour he was so instated. 
JJrayton, Miseries of Queen Margaret. 
Do what you please only oust Roguery and instate 
Honesty. T. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, xvil. 
2t. To invest. 
For his possessions. 
Although by confiscation they are ours, 
We do i // 'at' and widow you withal. 
Shak., M. for M., v. 1, 249. 
He knew the place to which ho was to go 
Had larger titles, more triumphant wreathes 
To instate him with. Webster, Monumental Column. 
instatement (in-stat'ment), n. [< instate + 
-ment.] The act of instating; establishment. 
We expect an instatement of the latter. 
Ileney, Meditations, I. 83. 
in statu pupillari (in sta'tu pu-pi-la'ri). [L.: 
i, in; statu, abl. of status, condition, state; 
pupillari, abl. of pupillaris, pupilary: see pupi- 
lary.] In the English universities, in a state of 
pupilage ; subject to collegiate laws, discipline, 
and officers. 
in statu quo (in sta'tu kwo). [L. : in, in ; sta- 
tu, abl. of status, condition, state ; quo, abl. of 
qui, who, which.] In the condition in which (it 
was before): a part of the phrase in statu quo 
ante fuit, or ante bellum, in the condition in 
which it was before, or before the war, used 
with reference to the restoration of any person 
or property to the situation existing at a pre- 
vious time (in this case, sometimes, in statu quo 
ante), or to the maintenance of the present sit- 
uation unchanged. 
instauratet (in-sta'rat), r. t. [< L. instaura- 
tus, pp. of instaurare (> It. instattrare = Sp. 
Pg. instil it rtir = F. instaurer, > E. instaure, and 
tilt, inxtni-i; i ii.ttorc), set up, restore, repair, re- 
new, repeat, < in, in, + "staurare, set up, found 
also in rextaurare, set up again, restore: see 
utore, enxtore, restore.'] To restore ; repair. 
installation (in-sta-ra'shon), n. [= F. to- 
x/tiiiratio>i = Sp. instn uracion = Pg. instaura- 
f9o m It. instit>trit~ione, < L. instauratio(n-), a, 
renewal, repetition, restoration, < instaurarr, 
renew: sec instniii-itte.] Restoration; renewal; 
repair. 
I rather thought, and with religion think, 
Had all the characters of Love been lost, . . . 
Tlnit lioth his nature and his essence might 
Have found their mighty OwtmroMm here. 
R. Jon*on, New Inn, iii. '2. 
instauratort (in'sta-ra-tor), . [= F. inxtau- 
rateur = Sp. Pg. instaurador = It. instauratore, 
3123 
< L. instaurator, a restorer, renewer, < instau- 
rare, renew, restore : see instaurate.] A re- 
storer. 
They pretend to be the great instaurntors of his em- 
pire. Dr. 11. More, Mystery of Godliness, p. 203. 
instaure t (in-star'), v. t. [< L. instaurare, re- 
store, renew: see instaurate.] To renew or 
renovate. 
All things that show or breathe 
Are now instaur'd, saving my wretched brest. 
Marston, What you Will, L I. 
instead (in-sted'), prep. phr. [Prop., as prig. 
(ME. i stede), two words, in stead, and still so 
written when the article or a pron. is used (in 
the stead, in his stead, etc.): see in 1 and stead.'] 
1. In the stead; in place or room; hence, in 
equivalence or substitution: followed by of. 
In that Valeye Is a Feld where Men drawen out of the 
Erthe a thing that men clepen Cambylle ; and thel etc it 
in *'./.' ../ Spice, and the! bere It to selle. 
Mandevillf, Travels, p. 67. 
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockles instead 
Of barley. Job xjd. 4a 
Especially he (the orator] consults his power by making 
instead uf taking his theme. Mmerson, Eloquence. 
2. In its stead ; in place of it, or of the thing 
or act mentioned. 
To rase 
Quite out their native language, and instead 
To sow a jangling noise of words unknown. 
Milton, P. L., rit 54. 
insteadfast (in-sted'fast), a. [< '- + stead- 
fast.} Not steadfast or firm. Cooke, Theogo- 
ny of Hesiod. [Rare.] 
insteep (in-step'), v. t. [< <n-l + steep^.] To 
steep or soak ; drench. 
York, all haggled over, 
Comes to him, where in gore he lay insteep'd, 
And takes him by the beard. 
Shot., Hen. V., Iv. 6,12. 
installation (in-ste-la'shon), n. [< L. in, in, + 
stellatus, starred: see stellate, and cf. constella- 
tion.] A. putting among the stars. [Rare.] 
Shakspere has been long enthroned in instillation. 
J. Wilson, Noctes Arobroslanae, April, 1832. 
instep (in'step), n. [Formerly iiistup, iiistop 
(instep being perhaps in simulation of stej>), 
perhaps orig. "instoop, i. e. in-bend, < in 1 + 
stoop' 1 .] 1. The arch of the foot; the highest 
part of the upper side of the human foot, near 
its junction with the leg; technically, the up- 
per surface of the tarsus. 
Low at leave-taking, with his brandlsh'd plume 
Brushing his instep, bow'd the all-amorous Earl. 
Tennyson, Ueraiut. 
Hence 2. A corresponding part of the hind 
limb of some animals, as the front of the horse's 
hind leg from the hock to the pastern. 
instigate (in'sti-gat), r. t. ; pret. and pp. insti- 
gated, ppr. instigating. [< L. instigatus, pp. of 
instigare (> It. instigare, istigare = Sp. Pg. in- 
stigar = Pr. instigar, istiguar = F. instigner), 
stimulate, set on, incite, urge, < in, on, + "sti- 
gare, akin to stingtiere. push, goad : see distin- 
guish, stigma, stimulus.] 1. To stimulate to an 
action or course ; incite to do something ; set or 
goad on ; urge : generally in a bad sense : as, to 
instigate one to commit a crime. 
By ... vaunts of his nobility [the duke] 
Did itistiyate the bedlam brain-sick duchess 
By wicked means to frame our sovereign's fall. 
., 2 Hen. VI., ill. 1,51. 
If a servant instigates a stranger to kill his master, . . . 
the servant is accessory. Blacks/one. 
2. To stir up; foment; bring about by incite- 
ment or persuasion: as, to instigate crime or 
insurrection ; to instigate a quarrel. = Syn. Impel, 
Induce, etc. (see actuate); tempt, prevail upon. See list 
under incite. 
instigatingly (in'sti-ga-ting-li), adv. Inciting- 
ly; temptingly. 
instigation (in-sti-ga'shon), n. [= F. instiga- 
tion Sp. instigacion = Pg. instigacjdo = It. s- 
ti;/ii;ione, instigazione, < L. instigatto(n-), < in- 
stigare, instigate: see instigate.] The act of 
instigating; incitement, as to wrong-doing; 
temptation; prompting. 
As if the lives that were taken away by his instigation 
were not to be charged upon his account. 
Sir R. L' Estrange. 
All the baseness and villainy that both the corruption of 
nature and the instigation of the devil could bring the sons 
of men to. Smith, Sermons. 
What wonder, then, that the words of that prediction 
should have succeeded in setting and keeping at variance 
two families already predisposed to quarrel by every insti- 
tuition of hereditary jealousy? Pot, Tales, I. 47ft 
instigator (in'sti-ga-tor), n. [= F. instigatnir 
= Pr. istiijiiiitlor = Sp. Pg. instigador = It. isti- 
gatore, instigatore, < L. instigator, an instigator, 
instinct 
< instigare, instigate : see instigate.] One who 
or that which instigates; an inciter. 
He aggravated the guilt of his perfidy, In the most atro- 
cious degree, by being himself the nrttt mover and inttlga- 
tor of that Injustice. 
Burke, Charge against Warren Hastings. 
instil, instill (in-stil'), v. t.; pret. and pp. in- 
stilled, ppr. instilling. [< F. instillcr = op. to- 
stilar = Pg. instillar = It. instillare, < L. instil- 
lare, pour in by drops, < in, in, on, + stillare, 
drop, < stilla, a drop : see stilf*. Cf. distil.] 1. 
To pour in by drops. 
The Juice of it being boiled with oile, and so dropped or 
instilled into the head, is good for the paines thereof. 
Holland, tr. of 1'liny, ix. 17. 
The starlight dews 
All silently their tears of love inttil. 
Byron, Chllde Harold, Iii. 87. 
Hence 2. To infuse slowly or by degrees into 
the mind or feelings ; cause to be imbibed ; in- 
sinuate; inject. 
How hast tin MI inttill'd 
Thy malice into thousands! 
Milton, P. L, vL 289. 
=8yn. Infuse, etc. See implant. 
instillation (in-sti-la'shon), n. [= F. instilla- 
tion = Sp. instilacion = Pg. instilla^So, < L. in- 
stillatio(n-), < instillare, pour in by drops: see 
instil. ] 1 . The act of instilling or of pouring in 
by drops or by small quantities; the act of in- 
fusing or insinuating into the mind. 
Those petty qualities . . . are every moment exerting 
their influence upon us, and make the draught of life 
sweet or bitter by imperceptible instillations. 
Johnson, Rambler, No. 72. 
2. That which is instilled or infused. 
instillator (in'sti-la-tor), M. [< L. as if "instilla- 
tor, < instillare, pp. instillatits, instil : see instil.] 
One who instils or infuses ; an instiller. Cole- 
ridge. [Rare.] 
instillatory (in - stil ' a - to - ri), a. [< instil + 
-atoru.] Relating to instillation. Imp. Diet. 
instiller (in-stil'er), M. One who instils. 
Never was there snch a Juggle as was played in my mind, 
nor so artful an instiller of loose principles as my tutor. 
F. Skelton, Deism Revealed, viii. 
instilment, installment (in-stil'ment), n. [< 
inttil + -ment.] The act of instilling ; also, that 
which is instilled. 
instimulatet (in-stim'u-lat), v. t. [< L. instimu- 
latus, pp. of instimulare, push or urge on, < to, 
on, + atimtilara, prick, urge : see stimulate.] To 
stimulate; excite. Coles, 1717. 
instimulationt (in-stim-u-la'shon), n. [< in- 
stimitlatc + -ion.] The act of stimulating, incit- 
ing, or urging. Bailey, 1731. 
instinct (iu-stingkf), a. [< L. instinctus, pp. 
of instinguere, incite, instigate, < to, in, on, + 
stinguere, prick : see sting, stimulus, etc. Cf . dis- 
tinct, extinct.] Urged or animated from with- 
in; moved inwardly; infused or filled with 
some active principle : followed by with. 
Forth rush'd with whirlwind sound 
The chariot of paternal Deity. . . . 
Itself instinct with spirit. Milton, P. L., vi. 752. 
What betrays the inner essence of the roan must be so 
grasped and rendered [by the painter) that all that meets 
the eye look, attitude, action, expression shall be m- 
.-'.'./' n-i'tli meaning. ./. Caird. 
The close buds. 
That lay along the boughs, instinct irith life, . . . 
Feared not the piercing spirit of the North. 
Bryant, Winter Piece. 
instinctt (in-stingkf), f- ' [< L. instinctus, 
pp. of instinguere, impel, instigate: see in- 
stinct, a.] To impress as by an animating 
influence; communicate as an instinct. 
inextinguishable beauty, . . . impressed and instincted 
through the whole. ttrntley. 
instinct (in'stingkt), n. [= D. G. Dan. 8w. to- 
stinkt = F. instinct = Sp. instinto = Pg. instincto 
= It. instinto, istinto, < L. instinctus, impulse, in- 
stigation, < instinguere, pp. instinetus, impel: see 
iiiftini-t, a.] 1. A special innate propensity, 
in any organized being, but more especially in 
the lower animals, producing effects which ap- 
pear to be those of reason and knowledge, but 
which transcend the general intelligence or ex- 
perience of the creature ; the sagacity of brutes. 
Instinct Is said to be blind that is, either {he end is not 
consciously recognized by the animal, or the connection of 
the means with the end is not understood. Instinct Is 
also, in general, somewhat deficient in instant adaptability 
to extraordinary circumstances. 
The lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a 
great matter. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., U. 4, 290. 
Habit differs from instinct, not in its nature, but in IU 
origin ; the last being natural, the nrst acquired. Reid. 
It will be universally admitted that instinctt are as 1m- 
imrunt as corporeal structures for the welfare of each 
species tinder its present conditions of life. Under changed 
conditions of life it is at least possible that slight modifl- 
