0 present participle of identify
1 to recognize someone or something and say or prove who or what that person or thing is:
2 to feel and say that you belong to a particular group of people:
After she had identified the body of her husband, the police asked her to collect his personal effects.
Aircraft are required by law to carry special electronic devices, called transponders, so that they can be identified.
The press has identified several people they think are likely to be appointed to government posts in the autumn.
How many different trees can you identify?
I identify as straight, but I have had gay experiences.
I identify as a New Yorker much more than anything else.
She identifies as a cultural Jew but not as a religious Jew.