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a·nat·o·mize

 (ə-năt′ə-mīz′)
tr.v. a·nat·o·mized, a·nat·o·miz·ing, a·nat·o·miz·es
1. To dissect (an animal or other organism) to study the structure and relation of the parts.
2. To analyze (something) in minute detail.

a·nat′o·mi·za′tion (-mĭ-zā′shən) n.
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anatomize

(əˈnætəˌmaɪz) or

anatomise

vb (tr)
1. (Anatomy) to dissect (an animal or plant)
2. to examine in minute detail
aˌnatomiˈzation, aˌnatomiˈsation n
aˈnatoˌmizer, aˈnatoˌmiser n
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a•nat•o•mize

(əˈnæt əˌmaɪz)

v.t. -mized, -miz•ing.
1. to display the anatomy of; dissect.
2. to examine in great detail; analyze minutely.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French or < Medieval Latin]
a•nat`o•mi•za′tion, n.
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anatomize


Past participle: anatomized
Gerund: anatomizing

Imperative
anatomize
anatomize
Present
I anatomize
you anatomize
he/she/it anatomizes
we anatomize
you anatomize
they anatomize
Preterite
I anatomized
you anatomized
he/she/it anatomized
we anatomized
you anatomized
they anatomized
Present Continuous
I am anatomizing
you are anatomizing
he/she/it is anatomizing
we are anatomizing
you are anatomizing
they are anatomizing
Present Perfect
I have anatomized
you have anatomized
he/she/it has anatomized
we have anatomized
you have anatomized
they have anatomized
Past Continuous
I was anatomizing
you were anatomizing
he/she/it was anatomizing
we were anatomizing
you were anatomizing
they were anatomizing
Past Perfect
I had anatomized
you had anatomized
he/she/it had anatomized
we had anatomized
you had anatomized
they had anatomized
Future
I will anatomize
you will anatomize
he/she/it will anatomize
we will anatomize
you will anatomize
they will anatomize
Future Perfect
I will have anatomized
you will have anatomized
he/she/it will have anatomized
we will have anatomized
you will have anatomized
they will have anatomized
Future Continuous
I will be anatomizing
you will be anatomizing
he/she/it will be anatomizing
we will be anatomizing
you will be anatomizing
they will be anatomizing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been anatomizing
you have been anatomizing
he/she/it has been anatomizing
we have been anatomizing
you have been anatomizing
they have been anatomizing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been anatomizing
you will have been anatomizing
he/she/it will have been anatomizing
we will have been anatomizing
you will have been anatomizing
they will have been anatomizing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been anatomizing
you had been anatomizing
he/she/it had been anatomizing
we had been anatomizing
you had been anatomizing
they had been anatomizing
Conditional
I would anatomize
you would anatomize
he/she/it would anatomize
we would anatomize
you would anatomize
they would anatomize
Past Conditional
I would have anatomized
you would have anatomized
he/she/it would have anatomized
we would have anatomized
you would have anatomized
they would have anatomized
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.anatomize - dissect in order to analyzeanatomize - dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease"
dissect - cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis"
2.anatomize - analyze down to the smallest detailanatomize - analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"
analyse, analyze, examine, study, canvass, canvas - consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
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anatomize

verb examine, study, separate, divide, resolve, break down, analyse, dissolve, dissect, scrutinize a magazine devoted to anatomizing the inadequacies of liberalism
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anatomize

verb
To separate into parts for study:
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Translations

anatomize

[əˈnætəmaɪz] VT (Bio) → anatomizar (fig) → analizar minuciosamente, diseccionar
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anatomize

[əˈnætəmaɪz] anatomise (British) (formal) vt (= examine in detail) → disséquer
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He might dissect, anatomize, and give names; but, not to speak of a final cause, causes in their secondary and tertiary grades were utterly unknown to him.
where the body parts anatomize the act of sculpture.
The team harnessed the power of three telescopes to anatomize the ancient galaxies.
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Vesalius himself offers a recipe for preparing bodies for dissection, and he tells us that Galen was reluctant himself to flay the apes he was about to anatomize. (16) Vesalius himself displays no such hesitation.
..." The result is straightforward recollection mixed with hallucinated prose poem, a militant Futurism articulated in what translator Stephen Sartarelli describes as an "often antiquated style." The book finds room to deify his mother, anatomize his painful convalescence, recall his boyhood and remembered landscapes, eulogize his daughter, and conjure dripping faucets, walks in the Venice fog, violets and violins.
The fourteen essays here examine Spenser's place in the literary genre and anatomize the aims, techniques, and achievements of his creator.
to anatomize this tangle that yields a skein of woolen skeletons
Jahnke's ambition here is to anatomize political guilt through a mythic supra-narrative: What happens to puerile leaders like George W.
It's probably quite apt, therefore, that the book to hit the stands during this odd period should be Wealth and Democracy, by Kevin Phillips--a warning against a second "Gilded Age," to be sure, but written by someone who has always been able to anatomize populism and class envy from a Republican point of view.
Peter Davies, Senior Lecturer in history in the University of Huddersfield, takes the FN seriously and attempts systematically to assess it with more objectivity than the generality of current observers, academics and journalists, who, mostly, dismiss it as a fascist grouping, a dismissal that Mr Davies characterizes as 'not just an insult but a gross misconception.' He proceeds to anatomize a movement nearly three decades old that, as a self-proclaimed outside force in French politics, offers a nationalistic programme that has made the established parties not only take notice but also address the issues raised by the FN.
The tendency of the New Sciences to anatomize the body, female and male, and the contemporary fascination with human fairground `freaks', is surely Swift's point here.