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   Instance (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Instanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Instancing (?).] To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, “to instance a fact”.  H. Spenser.
   
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   I shall not instance an abstruse author. Milton.
   
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