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identify
i·den·ti·fy [ ī dénti f ] (past and past participle i·den·ti·fied, present participle i·den·ti·fy·ing, 3rd person present singular i·den·ti·fies)


transitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. recognize and name: to recognize somebody or something and to be able to say who or what he, she, or it is
2. consider as same: to consider two or more things as being entirely or essentially the same
[Mid-17th century. Directly or via French identifier< medieval Latin identificare "make the same" < ident- (see identity)]

i·den·ti·fi·a·bil·i·ty [ ī dènti fī ə bíllətee ] noun
i·den·ti·fi·a·ble [ ī dénti f əb'l ] adjective
i·den·ti·fi·a·bly adverb
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