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Webster 1913 Edition
Identify
I-den′ti-fy
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Identified
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Identifying
.] 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 propertyAn enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell us will
identify
with an interest more enlarged and public. Burke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Identify
IDEN'TIFY
,Verb.
T.
1.
To ascertain or prove to be the same. The owner of the goods found them in the possession of the thief,and identified them.2.
To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a manner as to make one interest, purpose or intention; to treat as having the same use; to consider as the same in effect. Paul has identified the two ordinances,circumcision and baptism, and thus, by demonstrating that they have one and the same use and meaning, he has exhibited to our view the very same seal of God's covenant.
That treaty in fact identified Spain with the republican government of France, by a virtual acknowledgment of unqualified vassalage, and by specific stipulations of unconditional defense.
Every precaution is taken to identify the interests of the people, and of the rules.
IDEN'TIFY
,Verb.
I.
--An enlightened self-interest, which, when well understood, they tell us will identify with an interest more enlarged and public.