identify

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/aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/

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Some people identify success with having much money.
18 February, 1780, Edmund Burke, Speech on Economical Reform Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people.
It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image.

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The formal name of a national having domiciliary register shall be identified by the national identity card.
1953, Enforcement Regulations of the Name Act
A provision of law may not be construed as requiring a new grant to be awarded to a specified non-Federal Government entity unless that provision of law (1) specifically refers to this subsection; specifically identifies the particular non-Federal Government entity involved; and (3) specifically states that the award to that entity is required by such provision of law in contravention of the policy set forth in subsection (a).
1994, Congress of the United States, United States Statutes at Large, volume 108, part 4
A recent biological inventory uncovered 41 species and 2 subspecies of insects new to science and many species not before identified in the State of Washington.
2000, Bill Clinton, Proclamation 7319
Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people, and their rulers.
1809, David Ramsay, History of South Carolina, volume II, page 80
Der Traum erhält eine neue Deutung, wenn sie im Traum nicht sich, sondern die Freundin meint, wenn sie sich an die Stelle der Freundin gesetzt oder, wie wir sagen können, sich mit ihr identifiziert hat.
1999 [1899], Sigmund Freud, translated by Joyce Crick, Die Traumdeutung [The Interpretation of Dreams], Oxford, published 2008, page 117

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From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.