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   instantiate

   /ɪnˈstanʃɪeɪt/

   verb

   • 1. represent as or by an instance: "a study of two groups who seemed to instantiate productive aspects of this"
   • ▪ (of a universal or abstract concept) be represented by an actual example.

   Word Origin 1940s: from Latin instantia (see instance) + -ate3.

   Derivatives

   • 1. instantiation noun

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