transitive verb identified -·fied′, identifying -·fy′·ing

1. to make identical; consider or treat as the same to identify one's interests with another's
2. to recognize as being or show to be the very person or thing known, described, or claimed; fix the identity of to identify a biological specimen
3. to connect, associate, or involve closely to identify a person with a school of thought
4. Psychoanalysis to make an identification of (oneself) with someone else: often used absolutely

Etymology: LL identificare: see identity & -fy

intransitive verb