instance
noun
a case or occurrence of anything.
had instanced
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past perfectof instance.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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At the same time I observed, that as I should not often visit them, I had instanced a greater degree of liberality than they had been accustomed to.
From Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793 Vol. I by Mackenzie, Alexander
She remembered it, because Jason had instanced it as an example of the long periods of time, that may be bridged by three or four persons’ successive memories.
From World's End A Story in Three Books by Jefferies, Richard
He having related these things, I ceased not to enquire of him, to what end he had instanced this?
From The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires by Helvetius, John Frederick
