To make to be the same; to unite or combine in such a
manner as to make one; to treat as being one or having the
same purpose or effect; to consider as the same in any
relation.
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Every precaution is taken to identify the interests
of the people and of the rulers. --D. Ramsay.
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Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with
the people. --Burke.
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2. To establish the identity of; to prove to be the same with
something described, claimed, or asserted; as, to identify
stolen property.
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