Instantiates Meaning

There are 2 meaning(s) for word Instantiates

Meaning 1 : 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

Meaning 2 : represent by an instance

    Example : This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect