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IN'STANCE, n. [L. insto, to press; in and sto, to stand.]

Literally, a standing on. Hence,

1. Urgency; a pressing; solicitation; importunity; application. The request was granted at the instance of the defendant's advocate.

2. Example; a case occurring; a case offered. Howard furnished a remarkable instance of disinterested benevolence. The world may never witness a second instance of the success of daring enterprise and usurpation, equal to that of Buonaparte.

Suppose the earth should be removed nearer to the sun, and revolve, for instance,in the orbit of Mercury, the whole ocean would boil with heat.

The use of instances, is to illustrate and explain a difficulty.

3. Time; occasion; occurrence.

These seem as if, in the time of Edward I, they were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first instance.

4. Motive; influence.

5. Process of a suit.

Instance-court, a branch of the court of admiralty, in England, distinct from the prize-court.

IN'STANCE, v.i. To give or offer an example or case.

As to false citations--I shall instance in two or three.

IN'STANCE, v.t. To mention as an example or case. He instanced the event of Caesar's death.



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IN'STANCE, n. [L. insto, to press; in and sto, to stand.]

Literally, a standing on. Hence,

1. Urgency; a pressing; solicitation; importunity; application. The request was granted at the instance of the defendant's advocate.

2. Example; a case occurring; a case offered. Howard furnished a remarkable instance of disinterested benevolence. The world may never witness a second instance of the success of daring enterprise and usurpation, equal to that of Buonaparte.

Suppose the earth should be removed nearer to the sun, and revolve, for instance,in the orbit of Mercury, the whole ocean would boil with heat.

The use of instances, is to illustrate and explain a difficulty.

3. Time; occasion; occurrence.

These seem as if, in the time of Edward I, they were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first instance.

4. Motive; influence.

5. Process of a suit.

Instance-court, a branch of the court of admiralty, in England, distinct from the prize-court.

IN'STANCE, v.i. To give or offer an example or case.

As to false citations--I shall instance in two or three.

IN'STANCE, v.t. To mention as an example or case. He instanced the event of Caesar's death.


IN'STANCE, n. [Fr. from L. insto, to press; in and sto, to stand. Literally, a standing on. Hence,]

  1. Urgency; a pressing; solicitation; importunity; application. The request was granted at the instance of the defendant's advocate.
  2. Example; a case occurring; a case offered. Howard furnished a remarkable instance of disinterested benevolence. The world may never witness a second instance of the success of daring enterprise and usurpation, equal to that of Buonaparte. Suppose the earth should be removed nearer to the sun, and revolve, for instance, in the orbit of Mercury, the whole ocean would boil with heat. Bentley. The use of instances is to illustrate and explain a difficulty. Baker.
  3. Time; occasion occurrence. These seem as if, in the time of Edward I. they were drawn up in the form of a law, in the first instance. Hale.
  4. Motive; influence. [Obs.] Shak.
  5. Process of a suit. [Obs.] Instance-court, a branch of the court of admiralty, in England, distinct from the prize-court.

IN'STANCE, v.i.

To give or offer an example or case. As to false citations – I shall instance two or three. Tillotson.


INSTANCE, v.t.

To mention as an example or case. He instanced the event of Cesar's death.


In"stance
  1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency; solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.

    Undertook at her instance to restore them. Sir W. Scott.

  2. To mention as a case or example] to refer to; to cite; as, to instance a fact.

    H. Spenser.

    I shall not instance an abstruse author. Milton.

  3. To give an example.

    [Obs.]

    This story doth not only instance in kingdoms, but in families too. Jer. Taylor.

  4. That which is instant or urgent; motive.

    [Obs.]

    The instances that second marriage move
    Are base respects of thrift, but none of love.     Shak.

  5. Occasion; order of occurrence.

    These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first instance. Sir M. Hale.

  6. That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case occurring; an example.

    Most remarkable instances of suffering. Atterbury.

  7. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.

    Shak.

    Causes of instance, those which proceed at the solicitation of some party. Hallifax. -- Court of first instance, the court by which a case is first tried. -- For instance, by way of example or illustration. -- Instance Court (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its action as a prize court.

    Syn. -- Example; case. See Example.

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Instance

IN'STANCE, noun [Latin insto, to press; in and sto, to stand.]

Literally, a standing on. Hence,

1. Urgency; a pressing; solicitation; importunity; application. The request was granted at the instance of the defendant's advocate.

2. Example; a case occurring; a case offered. Howard furnished a remarkable instance of disinterested benevolence. The world may never witness a second instance of the success of daring enterprise and usurpation, equal to that of Buonaparte.

Suppose the earth should be removed nearer to the sun, and revolve, for instance in the orbit of Mercury, the whole ocean would boil with heat.

The use of instances, is to illustrate and explain a difficulty.

3. Time; occasion; occurrence.

These seem as if, in the time of Edward I, they were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first instance

4. Motive; influence.

5. Process of a suit.

Instance-court, a branch of the court of admiralty, in England, distinct from the prize-court.

IN'STANCE, verb intransitive To give or offer an example or case.

As to false citations--I shall instance in two or three.

IN'STANCE, verb transitive To mention as an example or case. He instanced the event of Caesar's death.

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IMPORT'ANCE, n.

1. Weight; consequence; a bearing on some interest; that quality of any thing by which it may affect a measure, interest or result. The education of youth is of great importance to a free government. A religious education is of infinite importance to every human being.

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Nor bound thy narrow views to things below.

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