单词 | reidentify |
释义 | reidentifyv. 1. transitive. To re-establish or reconfirm the identity of; to identify again. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > recognition > recognize, acknowledge [verb (transitive)] > again recognosce1533 recognize1563 reagnize1661 reidentify1820 society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > identify or distinguish [verb (transitive)] > again recognize1639 reidentify1820 1820 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. §4662 When in this Disidentity it re-identifies itself it comes to life again. 1891 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 3 581 The exact and patient experimentation which lifted a whole section of psychology to the plane of science by enabling it to re-identify psychic states. 1945 Nature 15 Sept. 319/2 The beginning or ‘leading edge’ of the pulse marks a packet of energy which can be re-identified after the vicissitudes of travel, thus permitting accurate measurement of time of travel. 1959 P. F. Strawson Individuals i. 32 We cannot attach one occasion to another unless, from occasion to occasion, we can reidentify elements common to different occasions. 1996 Mineral. Rec. 27 109 The material was partially described and named ‘natrodavyne’ in 1910, but was then lost until being recently re-identified. 2. transitive. To make a new and different identification of; to reascribe the identity of. Frequently with as. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > rename rechristen1550 rename1579 rebaptize1596 new-name1605 trans-style1611 transnominate1623 redip1633 anabaptize1636 reidentify1902 1902 Condor 4 128 The student of distribution would possibly feel more at ease if the specimen of ‘Ammodramus savannarum perpallidus’ were also reidentified. 1964 C. M. Wise in D. Abercrombie et al. Daniel Jones 208 The second element..has been reidentified as a voiced postvocalic allophone. 1992 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 96 378 Hillman reidentified what had been believed to be chickpeas and lentils as the tubers of the wild purple nut-grass, Cyperus rotundus. 1994 P. R. Sparrow & M. Bognanno in C. Mabey & P. Iles Managing Learning v. 67 Experience indicates that organizations only need to reidentify and reclassify competencies every two to three years or so. 3. transitive (reflexive) and intransitive. To identify oneself with something again. Chiefly with with. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > identity > be the same as [verb (intransitive)] > identify oneself with something again reidentify1966 1934 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 40 337 Other advocates of the new culture would have the Negro reidentify himself with his African heritages. 1966 ‘Han Suyin’ Mortal Flower xii. 258 Others are longing to go back, to reidentify, but they are afraid of changing. 1990 C. E. Hill Writing from Margins ii. 61 Mary seemed to reidentify herself with an upbeat cheerleading mood. 1998 J. G. Schenker in M. V. Sauer Princ. Oocyte & Embryo Donation xxiii. 346 The time of its greater expansion was during and after the horrors of World War II that led to many Jews wanting to reidentify with some form of religion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1820 |
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