INSTANTIATE

instantiate

(verb) 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”

instantiate

(verb) represent by an instance; “This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

instantiate (third-person singular simple present instantiates, present participle instantiating, simple past and past participle instantiated)

(transitive) To represent (something) by a concrete instance. [from 20th c.]

(transitive, object-oriented programming) To create an object (an instance) of a specific class. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

• (represent by a concrete instance): exemplify

Source: Wiktionary



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INCORPORATE

(verb) include or contain; have as a component; “A totally new idea is comprised in this paper”; “The record contains many old songs from the 1930’s”


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