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identify
verb
1 identify
Recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or something.
synonym: place.
Roget 464:
compare to,
compare with;
collate,
confront;
place side by side,
juxtapose
etc.
(near)
197;
set against one another,
pit against one another;
contrast,
balance.
identify,
draw a parallel,
parallel.
compare notes;
institute a comparison;
parva componere magnis [Lat.].
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Roget 465b:
identify,
recognize,
match,
match up;
classify;
recall,
remember
etc.
(memory)
505;
find similarity
(similarity)
17;
put in its proper place,
put in its proper niche,
place in order
(arrangement)
60.
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Roget 13:
be identical
etc.
adj.;
coincide,
coalesce,
merge.
treat as the same,
render the same,
identical;
identify;
recognize the identity of.
Dutch: determineren, identificeren
2 identify
Give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property.
synonym: name.
Dutch: aanstellen
3 identify
Consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else.
4 identify
Conceive of as united or associated.
5 identify
Identify as in botany or biology, for example.
synonyms: describe, discover, distinguish, key, key out, name.
Roget 465:
discriminate,
distinguish,
severalize†;
recognize,
match,
identify;
separate;
draw the line,
sift;
separate the chaff from the wheat,
winnow the chaff from the wheat;
separate the men from the boys;
split hairs,
draw a fine line,
nitpick,
quibble.
estimate
etc.
(measure)
466;
know which is which,
know what is what,
know 'a hawk from a handsaw'"
[Hamlet].
take into account,
take into consideration;
give due weight to,
allow due weight to;
weigh carefully.
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Roget 480a:
discover,
find,
determine,
evolve,
learn
etc.
539;
fix upon;
pick up;
find out,
trace out,
make out,
hunt out,
fish out,
worm out,
ferret out,
root out;
fathom;
bring out,
draw out;
educe,
elicit,
bring to light;
dig out,
grub up,
fish up;
unearth,
disinter.
solve,
resolve,
elucidate;
unriddle,
unravel,
unlock,
crack,
crack open;
pick up,
open the lock;
find a clue,
find clew a to,
find the key to the riddle;
interpret
etc.
522;
disclose
etc.
529.
trace,
get at;
hit it,
have it;
lay one's finger,
lay one's hands upon;
spot;
get at the truth,
arrive at the truth
etc.
494;
put the saddle on the right horse,
hit the right nail on the head.
be near the truth,
be warm,
get warmer,
burn;
smoke,
scent,
sniff,
catch a whiff of,
smell a rat.
open the eyes to;
see through,
see daylight,
see in its true colors,
see the cloven foot;
detect;
catch,
catch tripping.
pitch upon,
fall upon,
light upon,
hit upon,
stumble upon,
pop upon;
come across,
come onto;
meet with,
meet up with,
fall in with.
recognize,
realize;
verify,
make certain of,
identify.
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6 identify
Consider to be equal or the same.
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