verb (used with object), in·stan·ti·at·ed, in·stan·ti·at·ing.
- to provide an instance of or concrete evidence in support of (a theory, concept, claim, or the like).
noun
- the act or an instance of instantiating
- the representation of (an abstraction) by a concrete example
- logic
- the process of deriving an individual statement from a general one by replacing the variable with a name or other referring expression
- the valid inference of an instance from a universally quantified statement, as David is rational from all men are rational
- a statement so derived
verb
- (tr) to represent by an instance
1946, from instant (Latin instantia) + -ate. Related: Instantiated; instantiation.