v.
(identifies, identifying, identified)
- establish the identity of.
- recognize or select by analysis.
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(identify someone/thing with)
associate someone or something closely with.
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(identify with)
regard oneself as sharing the same characteristics or thinking as (someone else).
Derivative
- identifiable adj.
- identifiably adv.
- identifier n.
Etymology
C17: from med. L. identificare, from late L. identitas (see identity) + L. -ficare (from facere ‘make’).