Meaning of ANATOMIZE
| Pronunciation: | | u'natu`mIz
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- [v] analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"
- [v] dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease"
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| | Synonyms: | | anatomise |
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| | See Also: | | analyse, analyze, canvass, dissect, examine, study | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
2. To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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