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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Anatomize

· A·nat·o·mize · IPA /əˈnætəmaɪz/
01 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p. Anatomized; p. pr. & vb. n. Anatomizing
  1. 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. 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.