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