[ʌɪˈdɛntɪfʌɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is
(e.g: the judge ordered that the girl should not be identified)

- associate someone or something closely with; regard as having strong links with
(e.g: he was equivocal about being identified too closely with the peace movement)


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘treat as being identical with’): from medieval Latin identificare, from late Latin identitas (see identity) + Latin -ficare (from facere ‘make’)