English

Verb

reanalyze ‎(third-person singular simple present reanalyzes, present participle reanalyzing, simple past and past participle reanalyzed)

1. analyze again
2. (linguistics) Analyze a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding. For example, hamburger, which is originally Hamburg + -er, was reanalyzed as ham + -burger, which produced words like cheeseburger.

Derived terms

• reanalysis