anatomize

[ uh-nat-uh-mahyz ]

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verb (used with object),a·nat·o·mized, a·nat·o·miz·ing.

to cut apart (an animal or plant) to show or examine the position, structure, and relation of the parts; display the anatomy of; dissect.
to examine in great detail; analyze minutely: The couple anatomized their new neighbor.

Origin of anatomize

1400–50; late Middle English <Middle French anatomiser or <Medieval Latin anatomizāre.See anatomy, -ize

Also especially British, a·nat·o·mise .

Other words from anatomize

a·nat·o·miz·a·ble, adjective
a·nat·o·mi·za·tion, noun
a·nat·o·miz·er, noun
un·a·nat·o·miz·a·ble, adjective
un·a·nat·o·mized, adjective

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How to use anatomize in a sentence

Her strangest mood of the tender cruelty was when the passion to anatomize him beset her.
The Tragic Comedians, Complete | George Meredith
Old Burton will rise from his grave, if there be any virtue in Pythagoreanism, to anatomize these poems.
The Catholic World; Vol. IV.; October, 1866, to March, 1867. | E. Rameur
To probe the stars was to him a simpler process than to anatomize the globe upon which he stood.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 17, No. 97, January, 1876 | Various
I offer not to counsel them who meet in consultation for my body now, but I open my infirmities, I anatomize my body to them.
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions | John Donne
Who shall anatomize motives, or who shall be skilful enough to trace the springs of one human emotion?
The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) | Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for anatomize

anatomize

anatomise

/ (əˈnætəˌmaɪz) /

verb(tr)

to dissect (an animal or plant)
to examine in minute detail

Derived forms of anatomize

anatomization or anatomisation, noun
anatomizer or anatomiser, noun

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