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(ĭn-stăn'shē-āt') pronunciation
tr.v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -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.]

instantiation in·stan'ti·a'tion n.
instantiative in·stan'tia·tive (-stăn'shə-tĭv) adj.

(1) To launch or run.

(2) In object technology, to create an object of a specific class. See instance.

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