identification

(i-den’ti-fi-ka’shon), n. [= F. identification = Pg. identificagao: see identify and -fication.] 1. The act of making or proying to be the same; the state of being made or regarded as the same. Tam not ready to admit the identification of the Romish faith with Gospel faith. Bp. Watson, Charge. Resemblance itself may be fatal to identijication when the law of being is change. J.Ward, Encye. Brit., XX.81. 2. The act or proce of establishing the identity of something; the act or proce of determining what a given thing is, or who a given person is; specifically, in nat. hist., the determining of the species to which a given specimen belongs; also, the determination thus made.