identify
To establish the identity of someone or something.
Verb 4 meanings
To establish the identity of someone or something.
“It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image.”
To disclose the identity of someone.
“The Associated Press will not identify the suspect of the crime because he is a juvenile.”
To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
“18 February, 1780, Edmund Burke, Speech on Economical Reform Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people.”
Etymology
From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.
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IDENTIFY at a glance
IDENTIFY has 8 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (I 1 + D 2 + E 1 + N 1 + T 1 + I 1 + F 4 + Y 4) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,624 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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