I*den"ti*ty (?), n.;
pl. Identities (#). [F.
identité, LL. identitas, fr. L.
idem the same, from the root of
is he, that; cf. Skr. idam this.
Cf. Item.]
1. 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. 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. (Math.) An identical equation.
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