Analyse

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Analyse \An"a*lyse\, v., Analyser \An"a*ly`ser\, n., etc.
     Same as {Analyze}, {Analyzer}, etc.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  analyse
       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: {analyze},
             {study}, {examine}, {canvass}, {canvas}]
       2: break down into components or essential features; "analyze
          today's financial market" [syn: {analyze}]
       3: 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: {analyze}, {break down}, {dissect}, {take
          apart}] [ant: {synthesize}]
       4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
          Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: {analyze}, {psychoanalyze},
           {psychoanalyse}]