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identificate

identificate verb: to identify.

Verb

identificate (third-person singular simple present identificates, present participle identificating, simple past and past participle identificated)

  1. (nonstandard, chiefly non-native speakers' English) To identify.
    • It came up as a number rather than identificating you properly.2000 December 25, Jon Thompson, “Snoozing jugs”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jul 2026

Forms of identificate

third-person singular presentidentificates
present participleidentificating
past participleidentificated
pastidentificated

Origin of identificate

Back-formation from identification. Influenced by forms in other languages such as Italian identificare.

Questions about identificate

What does identificate mean?
Identificate means to identify.
What part of speech is identificate?
Identificate is a verb.
What is the past tense of identificate?
The past tense of identificate is identificated.

Words near identificate in the dictionary

  1. identicons
  2. identifiability
  3. identifiable
  4. identifiableness
  5. identifiably
  6. identificate
  7. identificated
  8. identificates
  9. identificating
  10. identification
  11. identification card

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