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to write down; to note down; to jot down; to take a note of
to mention; to describe; to give an account of
to inscribe; to mark; to brand
to remember; to engrave (in one's mind)
先人の知恵を文書に識して後世に伝えた。
They recorded the wisdom of their predecessors in documents and passed it down to later generations.
観察した結果を研究ノートに識しておく。
I note down the results of my observations in a research notebook.
古代の人々は歴史を石碑に識した。
Ancient people recorded history on stone monuments.