Inflected forms: an·a·lyzed, an·a·lyz·ing, an·a·lyz·es 1. To examine methodically by separating into parts and studying their interrelations. 2.Chemistry To make a chemical analysis of. 3.Mathematics To make a mathematical analysis of. 4. To psychoanalyze.
ETYMOLOGY:
Perhaps from French analyser, from analyse, analysis, from Greek analusis. See analysis.
analyze, anatomize, dissect These verbs mean to separate into constituent parts for study: analyze a chemical substance; a book that anatomizes 19th-century European history; medical students dissecting cadavers.
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