2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Identify \I*den"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Identified}; p. pr
& vb n. {Identifying}.] [Cf. F. identifier See {Identity},
and {-fy}.]
1. To make to be the same to unite or combine in such a
manner as to make one to treat as being one or having the
same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any
relation.
Every precaution is taken to identify the interests
of the people and of the rulers. --D. Ramsay.
Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with
the people. --Burke.
2. To establish the identity of to prove to be the same with
something described, claimed, or asserted; as to identify
stolen property.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
identified
adj : having the identity known or established; "the identified
bodies were released for burial"
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