identify

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

verb recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something
verb give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property
verb consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else

From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.

"Can you identify that pocketbook?" — Only an Irish Boy; Or, Andy Burke's Fortunes, Horatio, Jr. Alger
I had no trouble identifying them. — Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World, Jules Verne
WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 54 SEPARATE DGRAPH VIRUSES. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

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