Identify Definition
ī-dĕntə-fī
identified, identifies, identifying
verb
identified, identifies, identifying
To put oneself in another's place, so as to understand and share the other's thoughts, feelings, problems, etc.; sympathize or empathize (with)
Webster's New World
To recognize as being, or show to be, the very person or thing known, described, or claimed; fix the identity of.
To identify a biological specimen.
Webster's New World
To determine the taxonomic classification of (an organism).
American Heritage
To make identical; consider or treat as the same.
To identify one's interests with another's.
Webster's New World
To ascertain as having a certain characteristic or feature.
Children who have been identified with hearing loss.
American Heritage Medicine
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Origin of Identify
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Medieval Latin identificāre to make to resemble Late Latin identitās identity identity Latin -ficāre -fy
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.
From Wiktionary
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