identified

i·den·ti·fy

(ī-dĕn′tə-fī′)

v. i·den·ti·fied, i·den·ti·fy·ing, i·den·ti·fies

v. tr.

1.

a. To establish or recognize the identity of; ascertain as a certain person or thing: Can you identify what kind of plane that is? I identified the man at the next table as a famous actor.

b. Biology To determine the taxonomic classification of (an organism).

c. To ascertain as having a certain characteristic or feature: job candidates who are identified as overqualified; children who have been identified with hearing loss.

2. To consider as identical or united; equate: The Greek god Ares is identified with the Roman god Mars.

3. To associate or affiliate closely with: writers who are identified with modernism.

v. intr.

1. To consider oneself as sharing certain characteristics or attitudes as another: She identifies strongly with her grandmother.

2. To associate oneself with or admire something, such as a set of ideas: a language learner who identifies with a new culture.

3. To believe or assert that one belongs to a certain group or class: She identifies as a libertarian. He identifies as bisexual.

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[Medieval Latin identificāre, to make to resemble : Late Latin identitās, identity; see identity + Latin -ficāre, -fy.]

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i·den′ti·fi′a·ble adj.

i·den′ti·fi′a·bly adv.

i·den′ti·fi′er n.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

identified - having the identity known or established; "the identified bodies were released for burial" known - apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal"