identify


identify (http://definr.com/identify)

     v 1: recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or
          something; "She identified the man on the "wanted"
          poster" [syn: place]
     2: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by
        name or some other identifying characteristic property;
        "Many senators were named in connection with the scandal";
        "The almanac identifies the auspicious months" [syn: name]
     3: consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He
        identified with the refugees"
     4: conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is
        closely identified with the hypothalamus"
     5: as in in botany or biology, for example [syn: discover, key,
         key out, distinguish, describe, name]
     6: consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother
        as one of the fugitives"