instantiate

verb

1. represent by an instance

   verb.perception

   Examples

   This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect.

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word)

   verb.perception

   Examples

   The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect.

   Source: WordNet 3.0