anatomize

Verb
Synonyms: anatomise

WordNet 3.0

Verb (2)

  1. dissect in order to analyze“anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease”Synonyms: anatomise
  2. analyze down to the smallest detail“This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Anatomize \A*nat"o*mize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Anatomized; p. pr. & vb. n. Anatomizing.] [Cf. F. anatomiser.]

1.To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts. [1913 Webster]

2.To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze. [1913 Webster]

If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect.— Hume.[1913 Webster]
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