Anatomize

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
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              If we anatomize all other reasonings of this nature,
              we shall find that they are founded on the relation
              of cause and effect.                  --Hume.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  anatomize
       v 1: dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the
            victims of this strange disease" [syn: {anatomise}]
       2: analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized
          the depth of human behavior"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "anatomize":
     adduce, analyze, assay, atomize, break down, break up, change,
     chop logic, circumstantiate, cite, decompose,
     descend to particulars, desynonymize, detail, difference,
     differentiate, discriminate, disequalize, disjoin, dissect,
     distinguish, diversify, divide, document, enter into detail,
     give full particulars, individualize, individuate, instance,
     itemize, make a distinction, mark, mark off, mark out, modify,
     particularize, personalize, reduce, reduce to elements,
     refine a distinction, resolve, segment, segregate, separate,
     set apart, set off, sever, severalize, specialize, specify,
     spell out, split hairs, subdivide, substantiate, vary