reidentify

verb

re·​iden·​ti·​fy (ˌ)rē-ī-ˈden-tə-ˌfī How to pronounce reidentify (audio)
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reidentified; reidentifying

transitive verb

: to identify (someone or something) again
Cookies were first cooked up as a convenient way to make return visits to Web sites without having to reidentify yourself or your preferences.Kiplinger's Personal Finance
also : to give a new or different identity to
Reidentified by false names, they can never contact anyone who knew them before … Jet
often + as
… when the work reemerged in 1967 it was sold at Sotheby's as Fuseli's portrait of Cartwright, but it was immediately reidentified as a self-portrait. William L. Pressly
reidentification noun
… the case hinged on the risk of "reidentification," or identifying individuals from apparently anonymized information. Patrick Cain

Examples of reidentify in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The data could be used to reidentify users who sought services from the provider. Mohana Ravindranath, STAT, 3 July 2022 In three of the five cases, the companies' policies did not have clear language about third-party tools that might be used to retarget or reidentify users across the web for marketing. Lily Hay Newman, Wired, 6 Feb. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1820, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of reidentify was in 1820

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“Reidentify.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reidentify. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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