The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Identify \I*den"ti*fy\, v. i.
   1. To become the same; to coalesce in interest, purpose, use,
      effect, etc. [Obs. or R.]

   2. To coalesce in interest, purpose, use, effect, etc.; to
      associate oneself in name, goals, or feelings; usually
      used with with; as, he identified with the grief she felt
      at her father's death.
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            An enlightened self-interest, which, when well
            understood, they tell us will identify with an
            interest more enlarged and public.    --Burke.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Identify \I*den"ti*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Identified; p. pr.
   & vb. n. Identifying.] [Cf. F. identifier. See Identity,
   and -fy.]
   1. 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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

identify
    v 1: recognize as being; establish the identity of someone or
         something; "She identified the man on the 'wanted' poster"
         [syn: identify, place]
    2: give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by
       name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many
       senators were named in connection with the scandal"; "The
       almanac identifies the auspicious months" [syn: name,
       identify]
    3: consider (oneself) as similar to somebody else; "He
       identified with the refugees"
    4: conceive of as united or associated; "Sex activity is closely
       identified with the hypothalamus"
    5: identify as in botany or biology, for example [syn:
       identify, discover, key, key out, distinguish,
       describe, name]
    6: consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother
       as one of the fugitives"