IDENTITY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The state or quality of being identical, or the same; sameness. Identity is a relation between our cognitions of a thing, not between things themselves. Sir W. Hamilton.

2.
n.

The condition of being the same with something described or asserted, or of possessing a character claimed; as, to establish the identity of stolen goods.

3.
n.

An identical equation.


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