Analysing
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to separate (a material or abstract ent-ty) into const-tuent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to ):
to -n-lyze an argument.
to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of:
to -n-lyze a poem.
to examine carefully and in detail so as to identify causes, key factors, possible results, etc.
to subject to mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc., .
to :
a patient who has been -n-lyzed by two therapists.
historical examples
-n-lysing the purpose of g-d in the outpouring of the holy ghost, we see its application to ourselves in several ways.
standards of life and service t. h. howard
verb (transitive)
to examine in detail in order to discover meaning, essential features, etc
to break down into components or essential features: to -n-lyse a financial structure
to make a mathematical, chemical, grammatical, etc, -n-lysis of
another word for psycho-n-lyse
v.
chiefly british english spelling of -n-lyze (q.v.).
-n-lyse is better than -n-lyze, but merely as being the one of the two equally indefensible forms that has won. the correct but now impossible form would be -n-lysize (or -n-lysise), with -n-lysist for existing -n-lyst. [fowler]
v.
c.1600, “to dissect,” from french -n-lyser, from -n-lyse (see -n-lysis). literature sense is attested from 1610s; meaning in chemistry dates from 1660s. general sense of “to examine closely” dates from 1809; psychological sense is from 1909. related: -n-lyzed; -n-lyzing.
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