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noun case, situation

Word Origin & History

mid-14c., "urgency," from Old French instance "eagerness, anxiety, solicitation" (13c.), from Latin instantia "presence, effort intention; earnestness, urgency," literally "a standing near," from instans (see instant). In Scholastic logic, "a fact or example" (early 15c.), from Medieval Latin instantia, used to translate Greek enstasis. This led to use in phrase for instance "as an example" (1650s), and the noun phrase To give (someone) a for instance (1953, American English).

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There are six of these instances in all: one in the Old Testament, and five in the New.

There may be instances in history of economic cures for economic ills; but I think they are few.

Instances are occurring every day in confirmation of what I here advance.

Each of the four instances just given differed from the other.

There are instances of longevity (macrobiosis) in our own country.

Let us turn now to some instances of sweet observance in other kinds.

In two or three instances lately, I have been most shamefully out.

The above are instances where science has come to the aid of engineering.

The female sex is not often guilty of this eccentricity, but instances have been known.

There are also instances of the female co-operating with the male in this care of offspring.

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