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ANATOMISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they anatomise ... he / she / it anatomises
Past simple: anatomised
Past participle: anatomised
-ing form: anatomising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dissect in order to analyze
Example:
anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease
Synonyms:
anatomise; anatomize
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "anatomise" is one way to...):
dissect (cut open or cut apart)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
anatomy (a detailed analysis)
anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
