Associate and Instance

Associate

Associate verb - To come or be together as friends.

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Instance and associate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Instance" instead a verb "Associate".

Instance verb - To give as an example.

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Associate and instance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Associate" instead a verb "Instance".

known	known associate	known instance
well-known	well-known associate	well-known instance
former	former associate	former instance
final	final associate	final instance
Other adjectives: lesser, occasional, awesome.

For instance, Schultz lies about having a lawyer by the name of "Tuttle", which is the name of Hawkeye's similarly fictional associate in M*A*S*H.

Source: Film / Django Unchained
Anne of Green Gables has a very brief instance of this; after Anne accidentally gets Diana drunk on currant wine that she mistook for raspberry cordial, Diana's mother forbids her daughter to associate with Anne.

Source: Forbidden Friendship
During the Second Inspector's first series, a script was written at the instance of ratings-conscious BTV executives that featured a visit to the planet Femulon-VII where the Inspector's current Associate Peter (Roy Higginbotham) was transformed into Petula.

Source: Just For Fun / Inspector Spacetime

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