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"identify" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often name (4 letters).
Definitions
To recognize, name, or pick out someone or something.
Word origin
From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.
Used in a sentence
“It was hard to identify the shoplifter because the CCTV records didn't have a clear image.”
“The formal name of a national having domiciliary register shall be identified by the national identity card.”
“If you have normal insulins with a normal oral glucose tolerance identifying nondiabetes, does it mean that you were never diabetic...”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Recognize or name”8 letters
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