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▪ I. ˈident, a. Sc.
Also 6 yden, ydan, ydant.
[Later form of ithand a.: cf. eident.]
Diligent, persistent. Hence ˈidently adv., diligently, attentively; persistently, continuously: cf. ithandly.
1567Gude & Godlie B. (S.T.S.) 16 Our Baptisme is not done all on ane day, Bot all our lyfe it lestis Identlie. 1573Satir. Poems Reform. xl. 229 Quha preissis vprichtlie To serue the Lord mon..thame prepair for troublis Identlie. 1591R. Bruce Serm. vi. O iij, Mair ydant in this exercise. 1596Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. i. 111 Ydenly wt al diligence. Ibid. iv. 233 Thair ydan, still, and continual preichengs. Ibid. vii. 36 To wayt ydanlie vpon the kingis body. Mod. Sc. She is an ident lassie.
▪ II. ident
Colloq. abbrev. of identification (or identification bracelet), identify v. orig. U.S.
1952Jewelers' Circular-Keystone Sept. 65 (Advt.), Popular ‘Idents’ that build profitable sales. 1955R. J. Schwartz Compl. Dict. Abbrev. 90 Ident, identification (US Army). 1965‘D. Shannon’ Death-Bringers (1966) i. 12 The group being showed thousands of mug shots at Records, hoping for a possible ident. 1966M. & G. Gordon Undercover Cat prowls Again (1967) xiv. 95 It was so dark he couldn't make a positive ident until the girl was halfway along. 1967R. J. Serling President's Plane is Missing iii. 55 ‘Washington Center, Air Force One. Squawk ident.’ ‘Roger, identing.’ 1970P. Laurie Scotland Yard ix. 196 A searcher..ploughs through the four thousand or so forms..in the slim hope that one will match, giving him an ‘ident’.
▸ Television. An image or (now usually) short sequence identifying the channel or network being viewed, typically broadcast regularly between programmes.
1987Campaign 16 Jan. 21 As a suggestion to the television contractors, why don't they put the AIDS films at the end of a commercial break..or even a channel ident or, even better, produce a longer film which occupies a complete break. 1994Film Focus Dec. 34/3 Selick instead concentrated on..station ident sequences for the cable and satellite rock television network MTV. 2005Guardian 10 Dec. (Guide suppl.) 52/1 As far as I'm concerned, Christmas only truly arrives the moment BBC1 unveils its annual Christmas idents. |