over-identify

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Definitions of over-identify word

verb with object over-identify to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check. 1
verb with object over-identify to serve as a means of identification for: His gruff voice quickly identified him. 1
verb with object over-identify to make, represent to be, or regard or treat as the same or identical: They identified Jones with the progress of the company. 1
verb with object over-identify to associate in name, feeling, interest, action, etc. (usually followed by with): He preferred not to identify himself with that group. 1
verb with object over-identify Biology. to determine to what group (a given specimen) belongs. 1
verb with object over-identify Psychology. to associate (one or oneself) with another person or a group of persons by identification. 1

before 1635

One of the 43% oldest English words

1635-45; < Medieval Latin identificāre, equivalent to identi(tās) identity + -ficāre -fy

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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