verb

• (transitive) To establish the identity of someone or something.
• (transitive) To disclose the identity of someone.
• (transitive, biology) To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
• (transitive) To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
• (reflexive) To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
• (intransitive) To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.
• (reflexive, with as) To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.