Identify : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Identify	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Identify
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
identify v recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster" Synonym(s): identify, place give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The almanac identifies the auspicious months" Synonym(s): name, identify consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He identified with the refugees" conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely identified with the hypothalamus" identify as in botany or biology, for example Synonym(s): identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish, describe, name consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Identify \Iden"tify\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Identified}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Identifying}.] [Cf. F. identifier. See {Identity}, and {-fy}.] 1. 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. Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people and of the rulers. --D. Ramsay. Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people. --Burke. 2. To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify stolen property.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Identify \Iden"tify\, v. i. To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc. [Obs. or R.] An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell us will identify with an interest more enlarged and public. --Burke.