identification

[Eng. identify; c connective, and suff. -ation.] The act of identifying; the act of making or proving to be the same; the state of being identified. "Evidence arises out of the plain identification of the extremes that are affirmed of one another." -Digby: Of Man's Soul , ch. ii. i-den-ti-fỹ, v . t . & i . [Fr. identifier , from Lat. ident it as identity: idem the same, and facio =to make; Sp. ident if i car ; Ital. ident if i care .] A. Transitive : identism 2. To determine or prove the identity of; to prove to be the same with something claimed or described; as, to identify stolen goods. B. Reflex.: To unite one's self or coalesce in interests, aims, objects, or views. "Let us identify, let us incorporate ourselves with the people."-Burke: On the Economical Reform. C. In trans.: To identify one's self; to coalesce; to unite in interests, aims, objects, or views.