Identify and State

Identify

Identify verb - To find out or establish the identity of.

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State and identify are semantically related. In some cases you can use "State" instead a verb "Identify".

State verb - To convey in appropriate or telling terms.

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Identify and state are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Identify" instead a verb "State".

name	identify name	state name
place	identify place	state place
number	identify number	state number
way	identify way	state way
Other words: location, source, tune, gender, emotions.

A serial rapist who murdered his last victim so she couldn't identify him, then fled the state.

Source: Karma Houdini / Live-Action TV
When pressed for details, he admits, while sporting a Luminescent Blush, that once instead of delivering the body relatively unharmed as the employer requested, he had left the body in a state so mangled that it was impossible to identify the victim.

Source: Video Game / Arabians Lost
The Challengers: At least one blooper turned up a question in which the contestant had to identify a license plate's state from its design (shown on the video wall).

Source: Series / TV's Bloopers And Practical Jokes

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