tr.v., -lyzed, -lyz·ing, -lyz·es.
- To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations.
- Chemistry. To make a chemical analysis of.
- Mathematics. To make a mathematical analysis of.
- To psychoanalyze.
[Perhaps from French analyser, from analyse, analysis, from Greek analusis. See analysis.]
analyzable an'a·lyz'a·ble adj.analyzation an'a·ly·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
analyzer an'a·lyz'er n.
SYNONYMS analyze, anatomize, dissect. These verbs mean to separate into constituent parts for study: analyze a chemical substance; a book that anatomizes 19th-century European history; medical students dissecting cadavers.
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