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in⋅stan⋅ti⋅ate

  [in-stan-shee-eyt]
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–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
to provide an instance of or concrete evidence in support of (a theory, concept, claim, or the like).
Origin:
1945–50; < L instanti(a) (taken as comb. form of instance ) + -ate

Related forms:
in⋅stan⋅ti⋅a⋅tion, noun
in⋅stan⋅ti⋅a⋅tive, adjective
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in·stan·ti·ate   (ĭn-stān'shē-āt')   
tr.v.   in·stan·ti·at·ed, in·stan·ti·at·ing, in·stan·ti·ates
To represent (an abstract concept) by a concrete or tangible example: "Two apples ... both instantiate the single universal redness" (J. Holloway).

[Latin īnstantia, example; see instance + -ate1.]
in·stan'ti·a'tion n., in·stan'tia·tive (-stān'shə-tĭv) adj.
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