— identifiable , adj. — identifiability, identifiableness , n. — identifier , n.
/uy den"teuh fuy', i den"-/ , v. , identified, identifying .
v.t.
1. to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
2. to serve as a means of identification for: His gruff voice quickly identified him.
3. to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical: They identified Jones with the progress of the company.
4. to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually fol. by with ): He preferred not to identify himself with that group.
5. Biol. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs.
6. Psychol. to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group of persons by identification.
v.i.
7. to experience psychological identification: The audience identified with the play's characters.
[ 1635-45; identificare, equiv. to identi ( tas ) IDENTITY + -ficare -FY ]
Syn. 1. distinguish, place, know, determine.