anatomize

anatomize
    v 1: dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the
         victims of this strange disease" [syn: {anatomize},
         {anatomise}]
    2: analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized
       the depth of human behavior"
    

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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55 Moby Thesaurus words for "anatomize":
      adduce, analyze, assay, atomize, break down, break up, change,
      chop logic, circumstantiate, cite, decompose,
      descend to particulars, desynonymize, detail, difference,
      differentiate, discriminate, disequalize, disjoin, dissect,
      distinguish, diversify, divide, document, enter into detail,
      give full particulars, individualize, individuate, instance,
      itemize, make a distinction, mark, mark off, mark out, modify,
      particularize, personalize, reduce, reduce to elements,
      refine a distinction, resolve, segment, segregate, separate,
      set apart, set off, sever, severalize, specialize, specify,
      spell out, split hairs, subdivide, substantiate, vary