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instancy

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in⋅stan⋅cy

  [in-stuhn-see]
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–noun
1. quality of being instant; urgency; pressing nature.
2. immediateness.
Origin:
1505–15; < L instantia. See instance, -ancy
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in·stan·cy   (ĭn'stən-sē)   
n.   pl. in·stan·cies

  1. The quality or condition of being insistent; urgency.

  2. Immediacy of occurrence; instantaneousness.

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