anatomize Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb dissect in order to analyze
anatomise.
- anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease
verb analyze down to the smallest detail
- This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior

Cf. F. anatomiser.

imperfect & past participle Anatomized present participle & verbal noun Anatomizing

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.
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.