4 April 2015

instantiate

[in-stan-shee-eyt]

verb (used with object), instantiated, instantiating.
1. to provide an instance of or concrete evidence in support of (a theory, concept, claim, or the like).

Origin of instantiate
Latin
1945-1950; < Latin instanti (a) (taken as combining form of instance ) + -ate

Related forms
instantiation, noun
instantiative, adjective

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Examples from the web for instantiate
– Advocates of this perspective instantiate their claims to the health benefits accrued therefrom.
– We present formal models of both processes and instantiate each in computer simulations.
– Of course, the user has to take care of the engine objects he is going to instantiate.

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Today’s aphorism

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

– Maya Angelou

On this day

4 April 1928 – birth of Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson), American author, poet and civil rights activist. Maya wrote seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poems. She had numerous occupations, including fry cook, dancer, actor, director and journalist. Her civil rights activism saw her work with Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Died 28 May 2014.

4 April 1968 – assassination of Martin Luther King. American civil rights activist and clergyman. Born 15 January 1929.