Ĭ-dĕn’tĭ-fī1, v. t.
v. t. [ĭmp. & p. p. IDENTIFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. IDENTIFYING.] [Fr. identifier, Sp. identificar, It. identificare, from Lat. as if identicus, from idem, the same, and facere, to make.]
Sense 1. To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one; to treat as being one; to consider the same in any relation.
Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers. Ramsay.
Sense 2. To determine or establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.