identify
verb
[ ʌɪˈdɛntɪfʌɪ ]
• establish or indicate who or what (someone or something) is.
• "the judge ordered that the girl should not be identified"
Similar:
recognize,
single out,
pick out,
spot,
point out,
pinpoint,
pin down,
put one's finger on,
put a name to,
name,
place,
know,
know again,
know by sight,
discern,
distinguish,
discover,
find,
locate,
remember,
recall,
recollect,
call to mind,
put the finger on,
finger,
• associate someone or something closely with; regard as having strong links with.
• "he was equivocal about being identified too closely with the peace movement"
Similar:
associate,
link,
connect,
couple,
relate,
bracket,
think of together,
think of in connection with,
draw a parallel with,
mention in the same breath as,
set side by side with,
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’).
