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Webster 1913 Edition

Anatomize

A-nat′o-mize

,
Verb.
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.
2.
To discriminate minutely or carefully; to analyze.
If we
anatomize
all other reasonings of this nature, we shall find that they are founded on the relation of cause and effect.
Hume.

Webster 1828 Edition

Anatomize

ANAT'OMIZE

,
Verb.
T.
To dissect an animal; to divide into the constituent parts, for the purpose of examining each by itself; to lay open the interior structure of the parts of a body or subject; as, to anatomize an animal or plant; to anatomize an argument.

Definition 2024

anatomize

anatomize

English

Verb

anatomize ‎(third-person singular simple present anatomizes, present participle anatomizing, simple past and past participle anatomized)

  1. To inspect or investigate by dissection.
  2. To scrutinize down to the most minute detail.

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