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🔍 To identify again 🕵️ To find identity
to reidentify

to reidentify

1 7.5
To find who a person or thing is again after a change
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈaɪdɛntɪfaɪ/
: reidentificar
  • The campaign succeeded nonetheless in forcing her to reidentify herself through her dress as an indigenous woman.

Examples

  • But it certainly did not help all women reidentify, as both Bahati and Zuhura were known to be former slaves still, even if married to free men.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The detective managed to reidentify the suspect after reviewing the surveillance footage again.

  • After moving to a new city, she had to reidentify herself to the local community and make new friends.

  • To access your account, you will need to reidentify yourself using your original password.

Synonyms

to identify
vsto reidentify
∞ 1.8

Say who someone is or what something is

is used to recognize the same person or thing again after change or confusion

How Certain

to verify
292 3.5
to confirm
∞ 1.8
to reidentify
1 7.5
to identify
∞ 1.8
to recognize
  • US
∞ 1.4
guess
601 1.0

Surface Forms

reidentify infinitive
reidentified past
reidentified past participle
reidentifying present participle
reidentifies third person singular

Morphology

reidentify = identify (transparent) = re + ident + ify

This is a regular and easily understood use of 're-' meaning 'again' added to 'identify'.

Etymology

The word reidentify also breaks into re- 'again' and identify 'to know who or what something is'. So, to reidentify is to find or name someone or something again after it was changed, lost, or mixed up.