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1
to find out or establish the identity of
- sufficient forensic evidence to allow investigators to identify the perpetrator
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2
to think of (something) in combination
- for some reason, he always identified the color red with flowers
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“Identify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/identify. Accessed 19 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of identify was in 1626
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