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ANATOMIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they anatomize ... he / she / it anatomizes
Past simple: anatomized
Past participle: anatomized
-ing form: anatomizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Analyze down to the smallest detail
Example:
This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "anatomize" is one way to...):
analyse; analyze; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
anatomy (a detailed analysis)
Sense 2
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 "anatomize" is one way to...):
dissect (cut open or cut apart)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
anatomy (the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals)
