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