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1. Represent by an instance
   "This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect"
    
2. Find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)
   "The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect"
    
3. (computing) set up an instance of an object

Derived forms: instantiated, instantiates, instantiating

See also: instance, instantiation

Type of: detect, discover, find, notice, observe, represent

Encyclopedia: Instantiate