Reidentify

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To identify (something or someone) again; to make identifiable again; to re-discern the identity of; especially, for example, to undo deidentification of. transitive

    "To take each in turn, how likely is it that public health adversaries will reidentify data?"

  2. 2
    To identify again (as something one previously identified as, or as something else). intransitive

    "The decision to remain Catholic (or to reidentify as Catholic)[…]"

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distinguishhaveidentifyknowmake outnail

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"To take each in turn, how likely is it that public health adversaries will reidentify data?"

Etymology

From re- + identify.

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