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Definition: Anatomize |
AnatomizeVerb1. Dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease". 2. Analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "anatomize" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
Note: Anatomize \A*nat"o*mize\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Anatomized; present participle verb or noun Anatomizing.]. (references) |
Synonym: AnatomizeSynonym: anatomise (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disjunction | Cut up, carve, dissect, anatomize; dislimb; take to pieces, pull to pieces, pick to pieces, tear to pieces; tear to tatters, tear piecemeal, tear limb from limb; divellicate; skin; disintegrate, dismember, disbranch, disband; disperse; dislocate, disjoint; break up; mince; comminute; (pulverize); apportion. |
Inquiry | Examine, study, consider, calculate; dip into, dive into, delve into, go deep into; make sure of, probe, sound, fathom; probe to the bottom, probe to the quick; scrutinize, analyze, anatomize, dissect, parse, resolve, sift, winnow; view in all its phases, try in all its phases; thresh out. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Anatomize |
| English words defined with "anatomize": Anatomized, Anatomizing. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
anatomize | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "anatomize"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | hap (open), bëj autopsi (dissect, post mortem). (various references) | |
Arabic | حلل (analyse, analyze, construe, dissect, resolve, take apart, take to pieces, test), شرح (account for, be explained, caption, commentary, cut into slices, demonstrate, demonstration, dissect, elucidate, elucidation, explain, explanation, explication, exposition, expound, puzzle out, represent, slice, sort out). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | анатомизирам, анализирам най-подробно, изследвам най-подробно, излагам най-подробно. (various references) | |
Czech | pitvat (dissect). (various references) | |
French | anatomiser (anatomise), disséquer. (various references) | |
German | zergliedern (analyse, dismember, dissect). (various references) | |
Greek | ανατέμνω (dissect). (various references) | |
Hungarian | felboncol (to anatomize, to dissect), boncol (to anatomize, to disjoint). (various references) | |
Italian | anatomizzare (anatomise, dissect). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | anatomizeay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | anatomizar, dissecar (dissect). (various references) | |
Romanian | analiza (analyse, analyze, assay, canvass, consider, decompose, dissect, examine, parse, review, test), diseca (dissect), cerceta (examine, explore, investigate). (various references) | |
Russian | анатомировать (dissect). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | analizirati (analyze, break down), secirati (dissect), rasčlaniti. (various references) | |
Spanish | anatomizar (dissect), analizar (analyse, analyze). (various references) | |
Swedish | dissekera (dissect). (various references) | |
Turkish | açımlamak, parçalara ayırıp incelemek, dikkatle incelemek (scrutinize, traverse). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | анатомувати, аналізувати (analyse, analyze, canvass, decompose). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "anatomize": anatomized, anatomizes. (additional references) | |
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"Anatomize" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: anadamide, anastomose, anatomi, Antoniazzo. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "anatomize" (pronounced 'A*nat"o*mize'): Alchemize, Amalgamize, Astronomize, Bromize, legitimize, maximize, minimize, Pessimize, Phlebotomize, Physiognomize, Polygamize, Synonymize. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: amazonite. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-i-m-n-o-t-z" | |
-1 letter: azotemia, metazoan, monazite, nizamate. | |
-2 letters: amentia, amniote, animate, animato, atomize, metazoa. | |
-3 letters: amazon, anemia, anomie, etamin, inmate, manito, omenta, taenia, tamein, zeatin, zonate. | |
-4 letters: amain, amaze, ament, amine, amino, amnia, amnio, anima, anime, antae, atman, atone, azine, azote, entia, maize, manat, mania, manta, matin, matza, matzo, meant, menta, minae, mizen, monie, monte, nizam, oaten. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-i-m-n-o-t-z" | |
+1 letter: amazonites, anatomized, anatomizes. | |
+3 letters: melanization, racemization. | |
+4 letters: germanization, magnetization, mechanization, melanizations, metallization, racemizations. | |
+5 letters: decimalization, dehumanization, demoralization, germanizations, magnetizations, mechanizations, metallizations, mineralization, schematization, thermalization. | |
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