[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

instance \in"stance\, 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.
   1913 webster

         i shall not instance an abstruse author. --milton.
   1913 webster
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