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Meaning of identify

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  identify
      v 1: recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or
           something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
           [syn: {identify}, {place}]
      2: 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" [syn: {name},
         {identify}]
      3: consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He
         identified with the refugees"
      4: conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely
         identified with the hypothalamus"
      5: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn:
         {identify}, {discover}, {key}, {key out}, {distinguish},
         {describe}, {name}]
      6: consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother
         as one of the fugitives"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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