simple past tense and past participle of identify
"The detective identified the suspect from the security footage before dawn."
In plain English: To identify something means to figure out exactly what it is or who someone is.
"The detective identified the suspect from the security camera footage."
Usage: Use identified to mean that you recognized someone or something by their specific characteristics. It is also correct when stating that an official process has determined a particular person's identity.
having the identity known or established
"the identified bodies were released for burial"
Derived from Latin identificare, this term combines idem (the same) with facere (to make), originally meaning to make something identical or recognize it as being one and the same. It entered English in the mid-19th century to denote establishing a connection between two things or determining who someone is.