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identify

Identify means to determine who or what someone or something is. (verb)

  1. An example of identify is finding out what species a flower belongs to.
  2. An example of identify is security asking for someone's driver's license to find out if they are over 21.

Identify means to put oneself in another's place or sympathize with someone. (verb)

An example of identify is a woman watching a movie and feeling the pain felt by a woman character in the movie.

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