Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Identities

(#)

[F.

identité

, LL.

identitas

, fr. L.

idem

the same, from the root of

he, that; cf. Skr.

idam

this. Cf.

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.

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

(Math.)

An identical equation.

Noun.

Sameness, as distinguished from similitude and diversity. We speak of the identity of goods found, the identity of persons, or of personal identity.