vi to become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, ·etc.
2. identify ·vt to establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
3. identify ·vt 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.