instantiate

Etymology

From Latin instāntia + -ate.

verb

1. (transitive) To represent (a concept, theme, or principle) by an instance.
   To see and test the result of one's CSS for any particular HTML element, one must instantiate that element in a document.
   In the eighteenth century, this was instantiated in writings which developed the view that ‘savages’ exhibited more virtue and moral nobility than their conquerors. 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 195
2. (transitive, object-oriented programming) To create an object (an instance) of a specific class.
   To instantiate a class, we call its constructor.