Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Instance \In"stance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Instanced}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Instancing}.]
   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.