Dictionary Check: instantiate
"instantiate" is a valid word!
Scrabble
11
points
Words with Friends
13
points
Definition
verb
represent by an instance
Example:
"This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect"
verb
find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)
Example:
"The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect"
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