·adj The same; the selfsame; the very same; not different; as, the identical person or thing.
II. Identical ·adj Uttering sameness or the same truth; expressing in the predicate what is given, or obviously implied, in the subject; tautological.
III. Identical ·add. ·adj In diplomacy (·esp. in the form identic), precisely agreeing in sentiment or opinion and form or manner of expression;
— applied to concerted action or language which is used by two or more governments in treating with another government.