Associations to the word «Instantiate»

Wiktionary

INSTANTIATE, verb. (transitive) To represent (something) by a concrete instance. [from 20th c.]
INSTANTIATE, verb. (transitive) (object-orientated computing) To create an object (an instance) of a specific class. [from 20th c.]

Dictionary definition

INSTANTIATE, verb. Represent by an instance; "This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect".
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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley