Analyze

Definition of Analyze

An´a`lyze

v. t.	1.	To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately; to examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; to consider in detail in order to discover essential features or meaning; as, to analyze an action to ascertain its morality; to analyse a sonnet by Shakespeare; to analyse the evidence in a criminal trial; to analyse your real motives. [imp. & p. p. Analyzed ( ); p. pr. & vb. n. Analyzing.] No one, I presume, can analyze the sensations of pleasure or pain. - Darwin.
	2.	make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; as, to analyse a specimen; to analyze a fossil substance; to analyze a sentence or a word; to analyse a chemical compound.
	3.	subject to psychoanalytic treatment.

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