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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Anatomize \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.
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2. To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
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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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