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i⋅den⋅ti⋅fy

  [ahy-den-tuh-fahy, i-den-] verb, -fied, -fy⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
2. to serve as a means of identification for: His gruff voice quickly identified him.
3. to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical: They identified Jones with the progress of the company.
4. to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually fol. by with): He preferred not to identify himself with that group.
5. Biology. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.
6. Psychology. to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group of persons by identification.
–verb (used without object)
7. to experience psychological identification: The audience identified with the play's characters.
Origin:
1635–45; < ML identificāre, equiv. to identi(tās) identity + -ficāre -fy

Related forms:
i⋅den⋅ti⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective
i⋅den⋅ti⋅fi⋅a⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, i⋅den⋅ti⋅fi⋅a⋅ble⋅ness, noun
i⋅den⋅ti⋅fi⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. distinguish, place, know, determine.
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Word Origin & History

identify 
1644, "regard as the same," from Fr. identifier, from identité (see identity). Sense of "recognize" first recorded 1769. I.D. (pronounced as separate letters), short for identification, is attested from 1955.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: iden·ti·fy
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: -fied; -fy·ing
1 : to consider as united or associated (as in interests or principles) identified with an adverse party>
2 : to establish the identity of <identifying the suspect>
3 : to specify or designate (goods) as the object of a contract —used in the phrase identify to the contract identified to the contract>
NOTE: Under the Uniform Commercial Code, once goods are identified to a contract, the buyer has a special property interest and an insurable interest in the goods. This gives the buyer the right to seek damages and other relief. This identification can be done at any time and in any manner agreed to by the parties or as otherwise specified in the U.C.C. —iden·ti·fi·able adjective —iden·ti·fi·ca·tion noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: iden·ti·fy
Pronunciation: I-'dent-&-"fI, &-
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: -fied; -fy·ing
transitivesenses
: to determine the taxonomic position of (a biological specimen) identify intransitive senses
: to undergo or experience psychological identification<identify with the hero of a novel>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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