Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb instantiate

2 senses of instantiate

Sense 1
instantiate -- (represent by an instance; "This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect")
       => represent -- (be representative or typical for; "This period is represented by Beethoven")

Sense 2
instantiate -- (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")
       => detect, observe, find, discover, notice -- (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint")