Anatomizing

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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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