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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Analyze \An"a*lyze\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Analyzed}; p. pr & vb n. {Analyzing}.] [Cf. F. analyser. See {Analysis}.] To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word to analyze an action to ascertain its morality. No one I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. --Darwin. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: analyze v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: {analyse}, {study}, {examine}] 2: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound" [syn: {analyse}, {break down}, {dissect}, {take apart}] [ant: {synthesize}] 3: break down into components or essential features; "analyze today's financial market" 4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: {analyse}, {psychoanalyze}, {psychoanalyse}]
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